Hi Nick

(Jeez it's nearly a year since we met up in Brighton!)

I thought the Cruiser was based on the Neon. It certainly has a similar rake (tilt angle) and is about the same footprint.

It looks bigger than the PT so I don't understand how you get better kilometrage. Maybe you have a bigger tank?

Terry

>This is exactly like my Chrysler Cirrus works, since it has the same drivetrain and overall platform as your Cruiser. :) However on the highway I get something like ~650 km out of it. I guess next time I'll buy something Japanese-efficient. :)
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>>Talking of which:
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>>My PT Cruiser:
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>>I get c. 100 miles out of the 1st 1/4 tank, so I think "Great, it looks like I'll get 400 miles out of this"
>>By 1/2 tank the trip odo reads c. 150 miles, so I think "Not so good, but it looks like I'll get 300 miles out of this"
>>by 3/4 tank gone it may be c. 210 miles, so I think "Well, I should get 280 miles"
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>>But the low gas bing-bing comes on at c. 237 - 247 miles and I usually have to refuel at c. 265 miles (this is mainly all urban - I get 300 miles on the motorway).
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>>Anyway, what gives? Does this mean it pays to keep your tank over 3/4 full all the time? I doubt it.
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>>>What? a range of just 120 miles urban is OK?
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>>>>Yeh, but at .20 a gallon it was ok... :o) I remember gas costing 29 cents a gallon at the Kickapoo station in Portage, Wi when I was 11. My parents drove Rambler station wagons and always (even back then) found the cheapest gas in town.
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>>>>>>>From my favorite engineering college!
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>>>>>>>http://cbs5.com/californiawire/CA-BRF--CenCoast-Supe_k_n_0ca--/resources_news_html
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>>>>>>>If this becomes the norm then we will be paying about $250 a gallon for gasoline! :)
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>>>>>>From my alma mater:
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>>>>>>http://www.supermileage.ca/
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>>>>>>3,145 mpg!
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>>>>>Very nice. My 1953 Oldsmobile got 6 mpg in the city. :)