Originally posted by mugsy:
So Ray, you've never been curious what mileage your gettin'? Maybe it's 'cause I live where gas is just about the most expensive in the nation that I'm worrying about it. And my truck is my primary driver.
You don't need no stinking gas gauge to figure your mileage. Fill her up. Write down your odometer reading. Drive 150 miles. Fill your tank again. Divide 150 by the gallons of gas you just put in. It's more accurate the closer to "E" you get but, you probably don't want to run out of gas. Or, that's where Bill's stick idea comes in.
-David
I know we don't need no steekin gas gauges to figger mileage. I just tossed that in there to illustrate that I just put gas in it whenever I figger I need to...and I don't make the effort to measure the consumption. The stick ain't a bad idea, tho,
What I can tell ya is that the last time I did any consistent driving with it was from my home to the Bonneville Salt Flats. That's almost exactly 120 miles. The tank was full when I left and I put $20+ of gas in it at the truck stop at the salt flats exit. Gas was a little over #2 a gallon, so I figger I got somewhere around 10-12 mpg.
This is my daily driver, too...at least during the winter. I've got a 406-motored El Camino that's my driver in the summer and it gets worse mileage cuz of the 3.73 gears..and no OD (yet.)
However, if I start worrying about mileage, I might as well (in my own mind) stop enjoying my old cars and trucks. Now this is just my own opinion...and your mileage my vary considerably...literally and figuratively. But if I was all that concerned about mileage and the cost of gas (I don't smoke or drink, so I figger that might cover some of the gas cost) then I'd probably go buy me a little jellybean car and sell my Chevys. But that's not the important thing to me. The important thng is enjoying what I drive. Even if it does have a busted gas gauge. I'll fix it when I get healed up from the bypass surgery.
Again...this isn't meant as any sort of flame, just my opinion...and they're like proctologists....right?
