I just drove to Glenwood Springs and back this weekend, and surprisingly it was my first trip up I-70 in this car. And it didn't skip a beat.

I set the cruise at speed limit, and it went up every hill without a hiccup and never needed to down shift. 65mph westbound and 65mph eastbound of Eisenhower Tunnel, no problem. I was very pleased. In fact, westbound, I kept wondering where the steep part of the hill was, and then I was at the tunnel.

And when I got back in to Boulder, I filled up and was surprised to see 31.5 MPG. Just when I was thinking of selling my baby because I never drive it, I want to drive it more. I treat this thing too much as a collectors car than it is.

Funny, now that I think of it, my old early 80's sentra got it's best mileage going over the pass and back as well. 44mpg in that sucker, but it was third gear floored for a lot of that uphill journey. Pretty strange. I always thought the uphill battle would eliminate any gains on the downhill "coast" one would gain. Newton is messing with my head...

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