On Sat Mar-30-2013 09:33, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RN> If I were 20 years old, I would agree.  (-:   
      
    RW> It's not the age that makes the difference, it's the mentality.    
      
   Oh, the mentality is still there, but at the same time it is cognizant of the   
   body's condition, else I'd have been riding my SIL's Harley long ago.  A Trike   
   is the fad here nowadays.   
      
    RW>> Don't mention superior gas mileage either.   
      
    RN> I'm doing alright.  My only gripe is I have to use premium gas, i.e.,   
    RN> 93 octane.   
      
    RW> MPG?   
      
   The MB?  About 17MPG in the city.  I rarely go out of town with it.   
      
    RW> I was headed for Illinois to see my mother on her birthday when my   
    RW> friend Andrew told me that he was packing up for a trip to see his   
    RW> mother in Minnesota. I was taking the Z28, he was taking his 94   
    RW> Nissan (v6, auto-overdrive - Altima?). We started out together and   
    RW> he thought he could go past the gas station that I'd have to make a   
    RW> stop at. I kept on going for as long as he did, then when he pulled   
    RW> into a station for a fill up I did too. The Z took .23 gallons more   
    RW> than his Nissan, both getting the same mileage out of a 15 gallon   
    RW> tank. Coulda pushed him over with a feather that day. Then I told   
    RW> him I'd like to drive over the speed limit, which cause his Nissan   
    RW> to burn more gas while the Z was slumbering along at 1800 rpm doing   
    RW> 70mph.   
      
   That's interesting.  My Mark VIII gets over 30MPG at 1400RPM on the highway at   
   60 (usually the safest speed to go because the speed limits change suddenly   
   and sometimes without warning).  The MPG will increase slightly if I'm going   
   north to south, but everyone laughs at me when I tell them that.  (-:   
      
    RN> I believe anyone could get the specs if I spelled Engle correctly.   
    RN> (-:   
      
    RW> So you did a google already.   
      
   Yes and no.  There were too many hits and the one I was looking for wasn't on   
   the first page.   
      
    RN> Glad you liked them.   
      
    RW> I've got a couple from my BIL that I'll send along one of these   
    RW> days.    
      
    RW> Burma Shave type.   
      
   Alright.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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