Re: minor gloat
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:57:02 -0400, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com>
wrote: >Kate wrote: >> "Jeff DeWitt" <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote in message >> news:46ecacb8$0$7467$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... >> I usually fill the tank on my Cherokee at about 300 to 320 miles but >> have let it go as far as 360 miles (not willingly, but in can be hard to >> find a gas station open after midnight in the Asheville NC area!). >> >> Well tonight it was still showing about a 1/4 tank of gas but I'd gone >> 350 miles so filled up. It took exactly 14 gallons. >> >> 350 miles... 14 gallons of gas, that's 25MPG! >> >> Out of a 4.0 Cherokee that's phenomenal. >> >> Jeff DeWitt >> >> That's only about TWICE the mileage that I get with mine. >> You sure someone didn't slip five bucks worth in while you weren't looking? >> >> Kate >> >> > >No, no one slipped any gas in <G>. I usually get 20 to 22 so it's not >THAT outrageous and I might have done a bit more slow cruising along >back roads than normal, but it's still the best I've ever gotten out of it. > >Jeff DeWitt I'm lucky if I get 19 mpg on long highway trips, and I only average about 13-14 around town. :( (95 XJ 4.0 Auto 4x4) .... |
Re: minor gloat
"noneofyourbusiness" <top.secret@needtoknow.org> wrote I'm lucky if I get 19 mpg on long highway trips, and I only average about 13-14 around town. :( (95 XJ 4.0 Auto 4x4) .... Yea, me too. My Cobra got better mileage than my Yeep! Even hubby's F250 gets better mileage than mine does. Kate |
Re: minor gloat
"noneofyourbusiness" <top.secret@needtoknow.org> wrote I'm lucky if I get 19 mpg on long highway trips, and I only average about 13-14 around town. :( (95 XJ 4.0 Auto 4x4) .... Yea, me too. My Cobra got better mileage than my Yeep! Even hubby's F250 gets better mileage than mine does. Kate |
Re: minor gloat
"noneofyourbusiness" <top.secret@needtoknow.org> wrote I'm lucky if I get 19 mpg on long highway trips, and I only average about 13-14 around town. :( (95 XJ 4.0 Auto 4x4) .... Yea, me too. My Cobra got better mileage than my Yeep! Even hubby's F250 gets better mileage than mine does. Kate |
Re: minor gloat
"noneofyourbusiness" <top.secret@needtoknow.org> wrote I'm lucky if I get 19 mpg on long highway trips, and I only average about 13-14 around town. :( (95 XJ 4.0 Auto 4x4) .... Yea, me too. My Cobra got better mileage than my Yeep! Even hubby's F250 gets better mileage than mine does. Kate |
Re: minor gloat
Kate wrote:
> "noneofyourbusiness" <top.secret@needtoknow.org> wrote > I'm lucky if I get 19 mpg on long highway trips, and I only average > about 13-14 around town. :( > > (95 XJ 4.0 Auto 4x4) > ... > > Yea, me too. > My Cobra got better mileage than my Yeep! > Even hubby's F250 gets better mileage than mine does. > > Kate > > Well... mine is a two door so it's lighter, it's a stick, and it's 2wd. It might not go through the glop a 4x4 XJ will but it goes and goes and goes, I'd drive that little sucker anywhere and with 350,000 miles on it I pretty much have! Jeff DeWitt |
Re: minor gloat
Kate wrote:
> "noneofyourbusiness" <top.secret@needtoknow.org> wrote > I'm lucky if I get 19 mpg on long highway trips, and I only average > about 13-14 around town. :( > > (95 XJ 4.0 Auto 4x4) > ... > > Yea, me too. > My Cobra got better mileage than my Yeep! > Even hubby's F250 gets better mileage than mine does. > > Kate > > Well... mine is a two door so it's lighter, it's a stick, and it's 2wd. It might not go through the glop a 4x4 XJ will but it goes and goes and goes, I'd drive that little sucker anywhere and with 350,000 miles on it I pretty much have! Jeff DeWitt |
Re: minor gloat
Kate wrote:
> "noneofyourbusiness" <top.secret@needtoknow.org> wrote > I'm lucky if I get 19 mpg on long highway trips, and I only average > about 13-14 around town. :( > > (95 XJ 4.0 Auto 4x4) > ... > > Yea, me too. > My Cobra got better mileage than my Yeep! > Even hubby's F250 gets better mileage than mine does. > > Kate > > Well... mine is a two door so it's lighter, it's a stick, and it's 2wd. It might not go through the glop a 4x4 XJ will but it goes and goes and goes, I'd drive that little sucker anywhere and with 350,000 miles on it I pretty much have! Jeff DeWitt |
Re: minor gloat
Kate wrote:
> "noneofyourbusiness" <top.secret@needtoknow.org> wrote > I'm lucky if I get 19 mpg on long highway trips, and I only average > about 13-14 around town. :( > > (95 XJ 4.0 Auto 4x4) > ... > > Yea, me too. > My Cobra got better mileage than my Yeep! > Even hubby's F250 gets better mileage than mine does. > > Kate > > Well... mine is a two door so it's lighter, it's a stick, and it's 2wd. It might not go through the glop a 4x4 XJ will but it goes and goes and goes, I'd drive that little sucker anywhere and with 350,000 miles on it I pretty much have! Jeff DeWitt |
Re: minor gloat
That's insane - I get 15 on mine. 4x4 and four doors shouldn't make
anywhere NEAR that much of a difference. I can't imagine what all mine needs to do any better... B In article <46ecacb8$0$7467$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > 350 miles... 14 gallons of gas, that's 25MPG! > > Out of a 4.0 Cherokee that's phenomenal. > > Jeff DeWitt |
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