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Old 05-27-2015, 10:06 PM   #27 (permalink)
The Other Andy
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Location: Greater Milwaukee area, Wisconsin
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To Be Determined (Too-be) - '15 Chevrolet Malibu LS Eco
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Originally Posted by roosterk0031 View Post
Nice tank, come fall my KT's cobalt is coming home while she's student teaching and will have 30 mile each way commute, I'm sure I'll get to fill it up so I can see how it does better than what I have so far. I did go up to 195-65-15 vs the 60's it came with and Nokian WRG3's which are supposed to be LLR.

My immediate goal is for a 45 mpg 3-tank on E10.
45 mpg, oh how nice that would be. Not so much the 60 mile commute though.

Did you see much benefit in going up a tire size?

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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
(Sorry OT)

We got a variant of the US Cavalier for the 80s,

and then a German developed version for the 1990s


I don't think this had a US equivalent but it was sold in the far east as an Isuzu - the European models had some Isuziu engines (Diesels mainly) at the time.
Ah the J-body. Such a versatile little platform. I've mentioned it a few times, but my first car was a J-body: a 1983 or 84 Pontiac J2000. Also known as a Sunbird, because Pontiac couldn't figure out what they were doing (believe it or not, there was a little name plaque on the passenger side of the dashboard that originally said J2000, but had a new plaque that read Sunbird pasted over it). Looked almost identical to this:

Image shamelessly stolen from: Pontiac J2000 - Used and New Cars For Sale - usacars4sale.com

Such a cool front end.

Thanks for that read! I hadn't realized that it had ever had any traction in Europe. And no, that '90s five-door never came here. In the early 90's we had the Sunbird/Cavalier Sedan, wagon, and convertible. Then we had the Sunfire/Cavalier sedan, coupe, and convertible after (iirc) 1995. J-body pr0n:



www.netcarshow.com

www.chevroletwallpapers.com

As if I mind being off-topic

Oh, and I may bring the tire pressure down a little. 40 is a bit too rough for me, although I did hit 39.1mpg on my way to work the other morning.

Last edited by The Other Andy; 05-27-2015 at 10:12 PM.. Reason: Making the SEO's at ncs and chevwallpaper happy.
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