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Old 03-24-2005, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 240Demon
That Saturn Mileage is impressive...

I will admit I was thinking 1975 Caprice...
the Saturn on the DC to Pittsburgh run averages about 34mpg...due to the mountains and stretches of 2 lane roads....the jersey Turnpike has all those toll boths but its flat and your speed is fairly steady. THats the only long run I see those sort of numbers on milage...its close to 25mpg in heavily city/stop and go driving about 80% city and 20% highway...

Yeah that '75 caprice would get closer to 15 mpg on the highway....

I know the 1972 caprice my folks had years ago got about 14 on the highway....and the 1970 Hornet Wagon I had back in 1980 232 3-on the tree only got about 18 mpg (and it had only 34K miles then)
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