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Originally Posted by greencactus3
what? $2.50/gal? where? i gotta fill up there! lol. i saw 3.15s today when i was out running. jeeeeez. its insane. you get 18mpg from a v8? whats the displacement? im getting high 16mpgs in my s10. and im driving incredibly smoothly. VERRY conseratively. well. 4300cc is big but still. its a small truck. no 4wd. only 2wd. bleh. i need a raise. or additional moeny for gas.
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The last time I filled my tank in the Upper valley region of New Hampshire, gas at most stations was 2.49 for regular. That was about a week ago, shortly before Katrina was projected to take out a lot of the Gulf.
The Cadillac has a 4.8 liter pushrod v8 (its a GM mak- I am not sure what other cars may use it). The interesting thing is that it is transversely mounted and front wheel drive. Thus the great handling in snow. The tranny is a 4 speed with overdrive, and it's a tall last gear. I believe the listed rating of the engine is 200 hp and 275 lb feet of torque. Thats enough to move the cars 3900 lbs pretty well. It will easy squeak the wheels from a dead stop, and shifts down ont he high way smooth for easy passes. It's actually a lot of fun to drive after driving the miata all summer. All those nice things like power steering and cruise control make driving a bit easier on the long hauls.
I've heard of getting up to 20-25 mpg on the highway with some of the newer northstars being put into caddies. For me, 18 mpg on the highway and 12-15 in town is pretty good for such an old engine thats never had a overhaul. And, I have the luxury of a mpg meter right in the dash! I question it's accuracy, but it's gotta be close.
Just goes to show what regular oil changes and plenty of warm up time can do for a car.
-Andy A.