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2.4k trip in Arc
Posted by doug [Email] (more from doug) on Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:16:49
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I just returned from a 2400 mile trip through Oregon, B.C., Washington, Idaho, and Montana in my '03 Arc sedan. Only a few miles were on the freeway, much of the terrain mountainous, 95% of the driving in Sport mode, 5% in Manual mode. If it can be believed, the onboard computer says I averaged 29.8 mpg.
It is a wonderful touring car, but has developed an annoying rattle on grainy road surfaces. I continue to dislike the nonlinear response to initial pressure on the gas pedal, and have come to blame the drive-by-wire system. Why should it take the computer a second or more to decide to open the throttle when the accelerator is depressed? Of the 12 cars I have owned, only 2 had worse radio reception--and those 2 did not have radios! If you value listening to Click and Clack in rural areas, don't buy a car with the "antenna" embedded in the rear window.
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Posts in this Thread:
- 2.4k trip in Arc, doug, Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:16:49 <-- Viewing This Message
- AM radio?, Stan, Thu, 21 Aug 2003 08:34:55
- Re: 2.4k trip in Arc, don , Wed, 20 Aug 2003 19:11:22
- Re: 2.4k trip in Arc, Dean, Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:24:17
- Check your radio antennae leads, Greg W, Wed, 20 Aug 2003 15:45:34
- Re: 2.4k trip in Arc, Lou, Wed, 20 Aug 2003 15:03:25
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