ShadowsPapa
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- First Name
- Bill
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2019
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- Location
- Runnells, Iowa
- Vehicle(s)
- '22 JTO, '23 JLU, '82 SX4, '73 P. Cardin Javelin
- Occupation
- Retired auto mechanic, frmr gov't ntwrk security admin
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The driver makes more difference than anything, as do the 80-100 pound wheel/tire assemblies most put on, raising the thing so they catch more air...........What's funny to me is when they make the jump from steel to aluminum you would think the MPG would improve. lol
My JT is sitting at 22.5 average now at about 170 miles on this tank.
Before I drove it on the interstate in heavy traffic I was doing 23.7.
(and before people jump in claiming I'm full of BS that the JT system is off, it's not that high and all of those "arguments" trying to support their own lack of MPG - sorry, I have checked it via pencil and paper. It's pretty darned close. And the speedo agrees with my Garmin.)
That ain't bad for a brick sitting a foot off the ground. I'd bet if the aluminum was replaced with steel it would drop a bit.
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