[bhazard]

Yup, thats about it. Ive got an 88 Tbird turbo coupe thats my first and only car (besides my project) and my Gf's car is a 92 Dodge shadow turbo.

The tbird Ive had for about two and a half years, almost 168,000 on the ticker. Ive had it since 141,000. Hoping to get it to at least 200,000. Its currently got a leak between the exhaust mani and the turbo, so the turbo isnt really doing much good right now, hope to get that fixed when it warms up as a 3600lb loaded car is kinda pudgy to drive when powered by a low compression 4 cylinder. Otherwise its pretty much just a stock 5 speed. Replaced the stock airbox with a cone filter. Exhaust is a 3 inch downpipe with dual 2.5 inch dynomax superturbos. Im probably gonna replace the duals with a single 3 inch though, the exhaust shop I used didnt do a very good job. The only time I ran the car through the 1/4 mile I did a 15.4 at 92.2 mph. Im pretty sure its capable of a 14 second pass. Ive also managed 36 mpg on a highway trip. It hates the winter though. Barely can manage a 20mpg average when its cold. Paid $300 for the car.

The shadow we just got recently, last october I think. Had 80,200 on it then. Pushing 85,000 now. It was a non-runner and needed only an ECU to run. Scored it for $200. Its also pretty much stock, automatic as well. Ive also replaced the airbox with a cone filter on this car. I think this car will be capable of mid-high 15's in the 1/4. It got us 30 mpg on a trip to WV in february doing 60-70 on the highway. It only got us 14 mpg driving around town down there though due to unfamiliarity with the terrain, and driving habits. Not too bad on the highway for a 3 speed auto with no overdrive. It was turning over 3000 rpms at 70 mph. It also has a bent strut from the previous owner. The passenger side front wheel is cambered out pretty well. This will be fixed soon and the car will get aligned. Wondering how much this will help economy.

I run Walmart Supertech full synthetic in both cars, 5w30 or 10w30. I think the shadow has a bit of a sludge problem though. It dirtys the oil a little too fast. I think Im going to run seafoam in the oil before the next change.

My driving habits are generally pretty okay, but of course, having two turbo cars to drive, I get boost happy sometimes. Lately Ive had to force myself to be easy though with these prices. I think when I started driving gas was in the $2.20 range. That was bad then, and now Im paying anywhere from $3.10 to $3.40, plus .10 or .20 for premium. Ive been reading and thinking about how to rig my car up to run E85, but its only 30 cents cheaper than regular gas here.

Anyway Im looking forward to trying out some of you guys' driving habits and getting a log going. As I stated before, Ive gotten 36mpg out of my tbird on a fairly short highway trip. About 30-35 miles total. That was just using "regular" conservative driving habits, nothing we would consider hypermiling.