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So very long ago I did the math as part of a speech
for toastmasters and my point was directed as the angle of safety over the
unsafe hi mileage cars. 25 years later the answer is still fairly the same
and me think the Imperials are much safer than very light vehichles but I have
to drive one with ALL the safety bells and whistles-having had 7 surgeries a
fractured wrist and pelvis and C2-same as Chris Reeves (mine did not displace
posteriorly against the spinal cord) etc. So I also smile at the pump,
knowing I sit taller and have all wheel drive and all the other stuff, though
the thought of an air bag deploying against my "delicate" face/neck is a bit of
a worry but idrive cautiously and politely and with
gratitude.
may ye all be safe and may ye all drive with a smile
and ...if you see me on the road-gimme a ride in them georgous
cars!
regards
JH
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 5:21
PM
Subject: Re: IML: Ways to improve
mileage?
I think Klebert's advice is
right on the money. Drive what you love to drive. My only concern about
driving an Imperial is parts sources. Sure, we can find parts out there,
but a lot of the replacement parts are lower quality Chinese made stuff.
This is not so much an Imperial or Mopar problem, as it is hobby wide.
The reliability of our cars is as good as the pool of replacement parts
out there.
As far as getting better economy, the fact of the matter
is that you have roughly 5000 pounds of car. So it's going to take a set
amount of force to move that mass. Whether it's shaped like a brick or a
sleek rocket, it's going to require the same amount of force to get it
going a set rate. This is why SUV's get no better fuel economy than our
golden oldies.
(Sure they have fuel injection and lighter cheesy
plastic all over the place, but they still tip the scales at 4000 to
6000 lbs.)
Chris Middlebrook
1962 Custom
Southampton
--- On Sun 10/08, Klebert L. Hall <
swampyankee@xxxxxxx > wrote:
From:
Klebert L. Hall [mailto: swampyankee@xxxxxxx]
To:
mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006
07:48:07 -0400
Subject: Re: IML: Ways to improve
mileage?
> From: Matthew Gill
>
Subject: IML: Ways to improve milage?
>
> Hey
all,
>
> Matt here again, and still somewhat considering
an attempt at an
> Imperial as a daily driver (64-66).. I've
mostly decided that i need
> something with better milage, but
what kinds of ways are there to
> improve gas milage? What kinds
of upgrades should I be looking at?
> I'm trying to add the cost
of the car, and upgrades to decide whether
> or not it's
worth-while. It's my last hope for going that
direction.
>
> Thanks
I don't want to discourage
you from getting an Imperial as a driver,
but your best way to get
improved mileage is likely to be careful driving
and keeping it in
good tune. A low-resistance air cleaner, dual exhausts,
and an
electronc ignition would likely help a little, but we're only talking
a mile or two per gallon here, best-case. If you ever managed to
average
15mpg in an Imperial, I'd say you had it about maxed
out.
On the other hand; mileage, schmileage. I drive a '69
every day as my
only car, and if I'm not well within the bottom
10% of the list, income
wise, then I feel sorry for the rest of
the IML... I drive about 300 miles
a week on average, and at
current prices that costs me about $50. When gas
was over a dollar
more per gallon this summer, it cost me about $75 - we all
bitch
about gas prices, but they really don't affect most of us that much.
If I were driving a Prius, which gets about triple my mileage
(there's just
about nothing that does better than triple), I would
have still been paying
twenty-something bucks a week in gas, so
we're only talking about a
difference of maybe $50/week at an
extreme. Not having to drive an econobox
is easily worth that to
me, and I can skip eating out once a week to manage
it. The
difference is even smaller when you look at the other sorts of cars
you might actually buy - in a slant-6 Dart (nice cars too, but no
Imperial),
you'll be able to average maybe 18mpg - that's only a
50% improvement over
an Imperial, so we're talking maybe 15 - 20
bucks a week at ordinary yearly
travel rates. I'd suggest you just
get the car you want, it'll likely be
worth the extra gas
money.
Now, if you drive 800 miles/week like my wife, the
Imperial's mileage
might be more of an
issue...
-Kle.
'69 Crown 4DHT
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