Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 10:58:53 +0200 From: Greg Farris <farrisnospam.org> Subject: Re: new 95 saab 900se coupe, five speed owner
In article <1158146854.199901.276520nospam2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, phillipdyenospaml.com says... > > >i am a recent purchaser of a 900se turbo. i want to find out what other >owners average on gas. its my first turbo and i am live in washington >dc, so its more or less urban driving. even when i don't try to keep >my foot in the pedal, i am only averaging about 16.8 miles to the >gallon! barely two hundred miles to a full tank...(14 gallons!) In my old 900 Turbo Cab I got about 23-26MPG, driving pretty hard, but very little city driving. New job, new car, I drive my 95 900 TurboSE quite gingerly and mostly city driving - I'm doing about the same as you report in mileage. Of the six Saabs I have owned, none have ever seen 30MPG on a regular basis, even on all-highway driving. Even my old 96 V4's, with only 68HP still got 25-28 Highway, which sort of proves that all those gizmos we have today actually do help - we have a much heavier, much more powerful car without increasing fuel consumption. You may be pleased the day you go for a pollution check - my high-mileage 900SE has "0" or unmeasurable CO pollution levels! GF
