And imagine when your driving that box in the constant winds on the great
plains of Nebraska. I think the wind never gets below 30 mph here, kidding
of course. So maybe that is where I get the 14 mph, going with the wind.
Carl Kinkade, MCRP
ESRI Authorized Instructor
Kinkade GIS
Using GIS for Public Health and Community Analysis
Lincoln, NE 68502
work (402) 420-6882
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-lro@Works.Team.Net [mailto:owner-lro@Works.Team.Net]On Behalf Of
Perrone Ford
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 10:59 AM
To: lro@Works.Team.Net
Subject: Re: LRO: Rangie Fuel Milage (was: 1994 County SWB)
Normal mileage is somewhere between 11-15 mpg depending on how "in-tune"
your motor is, and whether you are doing stop and go driving. Since our
engines develop such little torque at take off, we are inclined to push
harder on the pedal, and that brings down economy. The engine is
notoriously thirsty even though it gives such poor performance.
This is one reason I advocate switching to the GM 350 engine should the
LR one go belly up instead of going to a 4.6 I bought mine with the
understanding that I would get 12 mpg, but I have done better than that on
most occasions. The shape of the classic REALLY hurts it at speed. It
provides almost a square profile to the wind which is the least aerodynamic
shape available. Folks, lets not forget that we are talking about a vehicle
designed in the late 60s with an engine from the same period. Most engines
then produced far less mileage than what we get.
-Perrone
Hope Peter wrote:
I have a '95 RR LWB and love it, but be prepared to pay for fuel costs ifyou
drive it very much. I average about 10 mpg.
Is this typical milage? Have a friend with a 95 but never asked.Find it
hard to believe that it gets mileage so low. Our full size GMC witha 5.0l
gets about 18 around the city and got 24mpg highway when we stilllived in a
place that you could drive for more then 10 miles on a highway atover
40mph.Pete
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