View Single Post
Old 08-08-2010, 04:54 PM   #38 (permalink)
ShadeTreeMech
Basjoos Wannabe
 
ShadeTreeMech's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 870

The Van - '97 Mercury Villager gs
90 day: 19.8 mpg (US)

Lyle the Kindly Viking - '99 Volvo V70
90 day: 25.82 mpg (US)
Thanks: 174
Thanked 49 Times in 32 Posts
you're fortunate to have a manual. I can't hardly get away with it with my auto due to it wanting to downshift all the time. Wish I had a gear lock option on mine.

But congrats on your mileage; just try to ignore my jealousy. I'm a huge fan of Nissan, and this just clinches it for me.
__________________
RIP Maxima 1997-2012


Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
  Reply With Quote