Re: fuel economy

[Luca <nodoubt@domain.elided>]

At Wed, 16 Feb 2000 12:34:38 -0800  "Paul Irvine" wrote:
>I'm wondering what model Alfa gets the best gas mileage. My Alfetta and
>Spider, as well as all the other SPICA cars generally get about 27 mpg. I'm
>wondering if an older Guilia with a 1300 or 1600 can do any better despite
>having carbs?
>Paul Irvine  - Antioch CA

over here Alfas (especially older ones) are know to be the most gas drinker
cages around.  
You can find a lot of alfas LPG converted, my previous one was too.
The great Alfa 90 was one of the worst cars in a matter of mileage,
there's people talking about 7km/liter (16.6mpg) .... AVERAGELY! 
But don't think that a 75 1600 can be that good.... my previous one
used to be around 9-10km/l (21.3-23.7mpg) but not in econ driving (
I mean being well over 120kpg everytime there's a bit of space to go,
ignoring speed limits! HA!). The Giulietta 1600 was about on the
same mileage range.  The 1800... ARGH... that's a constant debt! :-))))
With LPG I did an average of 7 or even 8km/l (19mpg).
The 75 1800ie manages to arrive up to 12km/l (28.5), my 1800 turbo
is THEORICALLY capable to arrive up to 17km/l (40mpg) but that's
keeping 60km/h for and endless straight road. As soon as you must 
play with gear, rev a bit or, .... hehehe... activate the turbine...
bye bye.  I can be as slow as I wanna, but I can't get anything better
than 10km/l. If I go hard... well... turbine on and mountain twisty roads
(where the funs IS)... well... expect w/o problem some 5km/l (11.8mpg) or
less.


nodoubt, 
937 landpilot
A lifetime isn't enough
937RS2, 75 Turbo, RM250


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