[mcrews]

I have been north of San Antonio now for 3 months and have come to a realization.
I was SPOILED!!!!!!
Now, understand, I am happy as a clam to be uot of Sacramento California.
But what I have come to realize is that Sacramento was actually pretty dang flat in comparison to the Texas foot hills.
It was very easy to get good(28+ mpg) in the Sacramento area.
It has been difficult to break 26mpg here in texas.
I just drove from Austin to Dallas and back. And only got 24.7mpg w avg speed of 62mph. There are constant 'hills' along the way. (and not just the overpasses which are twice as tall as in CA.)

I quess we should start marking our mpg records w/:
1. Very flat
2. kinda flat
3. Not very flat
4. You gotta be kinding.....

I know in the beginning, I was very clear on my trips to Cedarville CA from Sacramento to state that there were 2 mountian ranges and A LOT of coasting down hill.

I can see how some one with a similar vehicle as mine who lived in the Texas Hill Country might call BS on my mileage claims.

As a amall footnote: at 262,000 miles, I 'feel' that part of the lower mpg may be engine related. IMHO, I think that I have lost some 'edge' that was there in the 100k - 200k range. Especially since the octane is 93 here in texas and only 91 in CA.

Your thoughts??