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The Oregon Effect? 200 1991

posted by  Volvodad on  Sun Apr 3 14:41 CST 2005
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I see you live in Oregon. whenever I fill up in Oregon, I get over 30MPG too! Is it the 'Oregon Vortex'?....no, it's because Oregon does not allow self-serve refueling and the pump jockeys never top off the tank like I did at the last fillup in WA or CA or ID. So there's maybe a gallon or half-gallon of air still in the tank.

I once got 33MPG(US) in our 83. It was only 11 mon. old, with maybe 12,000mi, so virtually brand new, but fully broken in. The national speed limit was 55MPH and I had a slight tailwind coming south on I-5 from Redding, CA. At a scofflaw 58-60MPH the engine was turning a bit over 2200RPM with the M46. I would be truly amazed if a 240 could do better than that at today's highway speeds.
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Bob (son's 81-244GL B21F, dtr's 83-244DL B23F, 'my' 94-944 B230FD; plus grocery-getter Dodge minivan, hobbycar 77 MGB, and a few old motorcycles)






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