Mileage was: jacobs...

[hdavis]

>Speaking of mileage. What is your gas mileage? I'm a new owner of a '76 Palm
>Beach and don't drive that fast, but only seem to get about 7 MPH. Is that
>normal?

Running our PB ... ahemmm "fully loaded" ... at 75-80 MPH from
ALbuquerque NM to Soquel Ca I got 8.5 MPG. At 65-70 MPH and a reasonable
load I got a little over 10 MPG. Just did 101 miles on 8.5 gallons from San
Rafael to Soquel this afternoon - at 60-65 MPH with my wife, myself, and a
full fresh water tank and no other cargo.

Different guys have reported different MPG figures. I think that a lot has
to do with where you drive (hills vs flatland for example), how you drive
and the state of your engine. I had a period where the choke wasn't
releasing properly and my mileage dropped to under 8 MPG. Take a look at
your tailpipe. If there's black sooty buildup you may have a fuel control
problem somewhere in the system. How do the plugs look?

Good luck.

Henry


Henry Davis Consulting, Inc / new product consulting
PO Box 1270 / product readiness reviews
Soquel, Ca 95073 / IP reviews
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[richard waters]

Thanks for the feedback. I've never know what to expect. Now I have a baseline.
Richard Waters
'76 Palm Beach
Troy, MI

> >Speaking of mileage. What is your gas mileage? I'm a new owner of a '76 Palm
> >Beach and don't drive that fast, but only seem to get about 7 MPH. Is that
> >normal?
>
> Running our PB ... ahemmm "fully loaded" ... at 75-80 MPH from
> ALbuquerque NM to Soquel Ca I got 8.5 MPG. At 65-70 MPH and a reasonable
> load I got a little over 10 MPG. Just did 101 miles on 8.5 gallons from San
> Rafael to Soquel this afternoon - at 60-65 MPH with my wife, myself, and a
> full fresh water tank and no other cargo.
>
> Different guys have reported different MPG figures. I think that a lot has
> to do with where you drive (hills vs flatland for example), how you drive
> and the state of your engine. I had a period where the choke wasn't
> releasing properly and my mileage dropped to under 8 MPG. Take a look at
> your tailpipe. If there's black sooty buildup you may have a fuel control
> problem somewhere in the system. How do the plugs look?
>
> Good luck.
>
> Henry
>
>
> Henry Davis Consulting, Inc / new product consulting
> PO Box 1270 / product readiness reviews
> Soquel, Ca 95073 / IP reviews
> ph: (408) 462-5199 / full service marketing
> fax: (408) 462-5198
> http://www.henry-davis.com/ http://www.henry-davis.com

 

[david l greenberg]

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:29:08 -0800 Henry Davis
writes:

>>Speaking of mileage. What is your gas mileage? I'm a new owner of a
>'76 Palm
>>Beach and don't drive that fast, but only seem to get about 7 MPH.
>Is that
>>normal?
>
>Running our PB ... ahemmm "fully loaded" ... at 75-80 MPH from

You can't gage your milage on one or two fill-ups. I suggest you run an
average over at least three tankfuls and then look.

Over the past 5 years I have averaged 8.5 mpg without towing the car.
This includes all speeds up to 85 mph (not too often [g]) mountains in
Colorado, (again, not too often) flat Florida, hot, cold, etc.

My first Palm Beach gave me 10 mpg fairly regularly but I didn't add any
after market stuff, like awnings, step, pod, etc to it.

Towing the car, the avg drops to about 7.5 mpg.
David Lee Greenberg
Boston Homes, Inc & GMC Registry
1220 US Highway 1, Suite B
North Palm Beach, FL 33408
T:561-776-1414 F:561-776-1788

 

[richard waters]

Thanks for the info:

Richard Waters

> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:29:08 -0800 Henry Davis

> >>Speaking of mileage. What is your gas mileage? I'm a new owner of a
> >'76 Palm
> >>Beach and don't drive that fast, but only seem to get about 7 MPH.
> >Is that
> >>normal?
> >
> >Running our PB ... ahemmm "fully loaded" ... at 75-80 MPH from
>
> You can't gage your milage on one or two fill-ups. I suggest you run an
> average over at least three tankfuls and then look.
>
> Over the past 5 years I have averaged 8.5 mpg without towing the car.
> This includes all speeds up to 85 mph (not too often [g]) mountains in
> Colorado, (again, not too often) flat Florida, hot, cold, etc.
>
> My first Palm Beach gave me 10 mpg fairly regularly but I didn't add any
> after market stuff, like awnings, step, pod, etc to it.
>
> Towing the car, the avg drops to about 7.5 mpg.
> David Lee Greenberg
> Boston Homes, Inc & GMC Registry
> 1220 US Highway 1, Suite B
> North Palm Beach, FL 33408
> T:561-776-1414 F:561-776-1788