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Posted by Richard W. on June 8, 2009, 1:10 pm
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>> >http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
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>> > Wauseon plant to open Monday for 110-mpg car engines
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>> > Doug Pelmear says his engine more than quadruples the efficiency of the
>> > average car engine.
>> > ( SPECIAL TO THE BLADE )
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>> > By LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE
>> > BLADE BUSINESS WRITER
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>> > WAUSEON - The man who drove his 20-year-old Mustang from Napoleon,
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>> > to Las Vegas and back last year on 39 gallons of fuel will open his
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>> > manufacturing facility Monday to allow others to get 110 miles per
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>> Yes, but will it pass the California emissions test?
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>> The 1983 Ford Ranger with a small 4 cylinder engine and manual trans was
>> rated at up to 41 mpg. The 2008 with the small 4 cylinder engine and
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> Or that the 2008 was forced to claim more realistic mileage. There
> was a lot of BS back in the 80s about how much mileage cars would get.
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> Harry K
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> No doubt what you say is true to some extent and I read somewhere that
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> changed the way they rate gas mileage for 2009 cars but still, I used to
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> 32-33 mpg with my '93 Ford Escort (manual trans, 1.9L engine) and I got
> about 22-23 mpg with my '66 Mustang with a 3-speed auto and 289 V8 engine
> with my foot on the floor most of the time. From what I've read it
> *appears* that most cars get lower gas mileage than comparable cars from
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> not-too-distant past.
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I consistently get 27 mpg back and forth to work. Which is a mix of country
and city driving. About 32 mpg on the freeway, this is in my 95 Escort wagon
with 1.9L engine and auto transmission. My wife had an 84 Mercury grand
Marquis which got 22 mpg on the freeway and 17 in town. That's with the 302
(5.0 liter) engine.
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