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I once had a 6.6 litre Pontiac Trans-Am that only did about 8-9 MPG. But then it did have a 17 year old's foot on the accelerator. I didn't get the link going (more like too lazy to type out the URL), but its common knowledge (in the US anyway)that Chrysler V-8s are more thirsty than the competition over at Ford or GM.
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Trancer,
I have a bit of a soft spot for the Trans Am. There's a black one knocking around here and it sounds great.
What is the acceleration like on them? I know they're big lazy American engines but I'd happily forego acceleration just to listen to that noise!
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Whole of last message obliterated because of one innocuous swear word.
So, minus that, her's the post.
A friend of mine once had a big old Austin 16 (about a 1947 model). He was a mad so-and-so, and estimated that at 80mph he was using a gallon of petrol every 3 minutes. That's 4 mpg by my reckoning!
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To be completely honest they are not as quick as you might think. They make more bellowing noises and violent tyre spin than actual forward progress. Of course I am talking about the older "Smokey and the Bandit" era which is the one I had. A modern 4 cylinder hot hatch would make quick work of one, but thats not the fault of the "lazy" engine as the average push-rod V8 can put out a healthy amount of power/torque, the engines certainly did the Corvette proud. The Trans-Am is a massive car by sports-car standards and it is very heavy, thats the reason it is relatively sluggish compared to lighter more agile sports cars. At the time a friend had bought a new (1988) toyota corolla FX-16 and he could shame me at will.
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Main reason for the poor economy of the Paykan is probably the roads on which it travels and the style of driving. For example, in 1979 as a family we drove from Vancouver to San Diego in a Dodge Aspen with a 3.8litre six cylinder engine. We did about 4,000 miles in five weeks of touring and averaged about 25mpg (Imperial).
However, the average was made up of lots of smooth straight roads when we got easily 30mpg and one amazing tank in San Francisco (lots of traffic and hills) when we got only 6 (yes six) mpg. Same driver, different environment.
The sort of driving that the Paykan suffers would probably really benefit a diesel.
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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