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Shiny is Good! => General Pinto Talk => Topic started by: 73pinto on October 20, 2004, 09:53:08 AM

Title: Very impressed with mileage!
Post by: 73pinto on October 20, 2004, 09:53:08 AM
I took my pinto on a 110 mile trip this past weekend.  That probably doesn't sound like much to you guys, but its the furthest its been ran since I've owned it.  Its on a stock 73 2.0.  Anyway, i was very pleased when it returned 32.5 MPG.  Thats pretty good for a 30 year old car, but its gotta make you wonder why mileage hasn't progressed any further in combustion engines...

Anyway, just thought I'd share with ya.

-Harry
Title: Re: Very impressed with mileage!
Post by: turbopinto72 on October 20, 2004, 10:05:26 AM
Thats good milage compared to most cars.
Title: Re: Very impressed with mileage!
Post by: r4pinto on October 21, 2004, 09:49:41 PM
Man, that's about what my 2001 Kia Rio gets. Hopefully my Pinto will get around that once the engine is replaced
Title: Re: Very impressed with mileage!
Post by: Poison Pinto on November 08, 2004, 08:06:15 PM
I drive my '72 Pinto 55 to 60 miles each day. I can make those 60 miles at 60 mph on $3-worth of gas. Around here, that's a gallon-and-a-half. I'm getting somewhere between 35 and 40 mpg at 60 mph. I thought that sounded high, but it's consistant.
Title: Re: Very impressed with mileage!
Post by: Poison Pinto on November 18, 2004, 09:40:04 PM
Okay, I did a little more "scientific" research and found that my Pinto gets between 33 and 36 mpg depending on how hard I push it. I drive a 52 mile round trip on an old 2-lane highway that has speed limits of 55 and 60 mph.

$3 worth of gas at $1.89.9 = 1.58 gallons. 52 miles (round trip) / 1.58 = 32.9 mpg.

That's minimum. I don't think I use quite all of the 1.58 gallons.

This is a 1972 wagon with 2.0L engine, 4-speed manual transmission, and 3.55:1 rear-end.

Sure beats the heck out of the 12.5 mpg my F150 with a 302 was getting.
Title: Re: Very impressed with mileage!
Post by: TIGGER on November 18, 2004, 11:07:10 PM
Poison, is this from the car you bought from the wrecking yard?
Title: Re: Very impressed with mileage!
Post by: turbopinto72 on November 19, 2004, 11:23:50 AM
 $ 1.89 a gal.......... :o :o, cool, the cheepest it is in San Diego is $2.29..... >:(
Title: Re: Very impressed with mileage!
Post by: warhead2 on November 21, 2004, 01:34:48 PM
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Title: Re: Very impressed with mileage!
Post by: bricker4864 on December 04, 2004, 01:48:51 PM
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$ 1.89 a gal.......... :o :o, cool, the cheepest it is in San Diego is $2.29..... >:(

I was down in Temecula a few weeks back for non-pinto stuff. I was amazed that diesel was $2.39 from Seattle, WA to Temecula, CA give or take .05. GASOLINE on the other hand went from $1.8 something all the way up to $2.56.
Title: Re: Very impressed with mileage!
Post by: Poison Pinto on December 06, 2004, 05:09:17 PM
Currently, gas around here is $1.869/gal.

And, yes, it's the car I got out of the salvage yard for $200.

:P  ::)  :o  ;D  :-*
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