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Title: check this mpg
Post by: brace on August 04, 2004, 08:20:04 AM

I saw this Sammy for sale on ebay it says it gets 45 mpg!



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2486053812&category=6468

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: Zukipilot on August 04, 2004, 08:21:36 AM

He must coast down hill everywhere he goes :P I saw a Kick in the trader locally that got 35-38 MGP.
Zig

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: explosivo on August 04, 2004, 10:42:01 AM

my tracker on 33" ltb's still gets 40mpg :o

:P ;D

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: idaholwb on August 04, 2004, 04:25:19 PM

 My 90 sammy with small tires gets right at 28 absolutely stock with a spring over. Haven't had had the money for tires yet.

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: TinTopper on August 04, 2004, 05:35:12 PM

I'm here in Florida and I've never gotten too close to what the manufacturers rate vehicles at... I've always gotten more. Maybe because I don't use the skinny pedal a lot on the roads (cruise is my best friend) --- and maybe because it's flat as all sin. I could see someone who's good with a stick with a well-tuned engine getting 35-40 MPG out of a Samurai, but only in fairly flat areas.

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: 87Sam87 on August 04, 2004, 07:44:57 PM

   He must be getting those extra MPG's out of the oil he says it's burning.  :P

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: steveofrost on August 05, 2004, 11:32:34 AM

I think I asked this before, but I have being averaging about 420KM a tank. What would that put my MPG at?
Thanks,

steveo

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: mperry on August 05, 2004, 01:15:16 PM

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I saw this Sammy for sale on ebay it says it gets 45 mpg!

My neighbor claimed he was getting 60+ MPG. When his daughter started driving it, she found it was getting around 22.

It turns out he was towing it behind his motor home. <g>

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: keith on August 05, 2004, 01:41:37 PM

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It turns out he was towing it behind his motor home. <g>

With the engine running?

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: mperry on August 05, 2004, 05:52:50 PM

Nope... he was towing the car w/ the rear wheels on the ground... some times on the trailer.

He couldn't figure out what was going on. He was real proud of his car... 142+ K miles on the odometer & the engine was "running like new." (I figure it probably had close to 50K on the engine.)

He was accusing his daughter of being heavy footed. <g> Naturally, I told him he shouldn't abuse the car like this... should sell it to me. It didn't work.

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: brace on August 06, 2004, 03:16:55 AM

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I think I asked this before, but I have being averaging about 420KM a tank. What would that put my MPG at?

I converted your km to miles and divded it by 10.6 (gas tank size for Sammy) and came up with 24 mpg.  

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: explosivo on August 06, 2004, 09:59:29 AM

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I converted your km to miles and divded it by 10.6 (gas tank size for Sammy) and came up with 24 mpg.  

If I remember correctly, Steveo's driving a 4 door kick, which has like a 13 gallon tank, doesn't it?

Title: Re: check this mpg
Post by: steveofrost on August 06, 2004, 12:26:00 PM

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If I remember correctly, Steveo's driving a 4 door kick, which has like a 13 gallon tank, doesn't it?

Now my mileage is really depressing  ;D

steveo