Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:34:31 -0700 From: "John Weiss" <jrweissnopsamet*NOSPAM*.com> Subject: Re: Gas consumption
I still have an '82 900 Turbo that I bought when I lived in Albuquerque. Regardless of altitude, I get 29-31 mpg on the road when in good tune. Once I got 25-26 on a trip, and found the vacuum switches on the cruise control cutouts at the brake and clutch pedals were misadjusted -- they were constantly partly open, causing a vacuum leak. At 151K miles, it still gets around 29 mpg at 70-75 mph at sea level. When towing my boat (21', 1000#) it goes down to 20. --------------------- John R. Weiss Seattle, WA Remove *NOSPAM* from address for e-mail reply klaus wrote in message <6rvcj8$lgj$1nopsamsion.xmission.com>... >> >Toyota Corolla runs about 30 miles per gallon. However, I think my SAAB >> >900S Turbo 1991 runs only about 20 miles per gallon. Is SAAB really so poor >> >in gas consumption? Or, should I do a few things to improve it? Thanks. > >> I would say that 20 mpg for a turbo Saab is pretty good. I have a '92 >> non turbo that averages around 24 mpg and a '94 turbo convertible with >> the high performance engine option that has never achieved higher than >> 16 mpg. > >I think 20 is pretty bad. I routinely get 28 to 30 mpg in my 1990 Saab >900 Turbo convertible. I do drive mainly highway miles but all on >steep grades (about 6%) at altitudes between 5000 and 9000 >ft. Obviously, I don't use the A/C that much and use cruise control a >lot. I got about 2 mpg increase with my last major tune-up. YMMV.