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Old 08-17-2009, 10:09 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob View Post
They are hopeless for mileage, too.
I think that depends. I had an RX3 back in the late '70s, when I was doing a lot of long-distance (as in LA to Las Vegas to Alburquerque to Phoenix..) travelling for work. If memory serves, though it was worse than pathetic - like single digits, and 10% of that was oil - around town, on a long drive it got decent mpg - and the effective top speed was limited only by your nerve & the density of speed cops.
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