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Old 06-29-2011, 11:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
cbpldc
Wannabe Ecomodder
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Canton, OH
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Oldmanmobile - '90 Buick Lesabre Limited
90 day: 29.51 mpg (US)
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Hey all, new guy with an unlikely ecoride.

Hello,

I figured I would introduce myself here. I've got a couple of fuel suckers, but the car I'm most interested in trying to break the 30mpg mark is my 1990 Buick Lesabre. It's such a nice car, and it only has 84k miles on it, so I want to keep outward mods to a minimum. I've found that it has gotten its best mileage at about 72 mph with the majority of the driving being done on the interstate. Last tank like that, we got 29.5 mpg.

Here she is in all her glory.

I know, you're think this is another old guy looking to get more mileage out of his grandpa sled, but I'm actually only 31 and I'm big into performance cars and drag racing. But for this car, it needs to last me a long time as I'm trying to pay off some debt and its a comfy ride that gets good mileage and has very little road noise.

That was a hard combo to find, but I think I've got the perfect ride for it.

My plans are to install a vacuum gauge to keep an eye on mileage and perhaps an IAT mod to give it some more advance.

Any ideas specific to this car?

Thanks,
Chris

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