Low-30s seems pretty good highway MPG for a 4WD SUV to me. I commuted 30 miles from the Springs to Elbert County for seven years in an '84 Toyota Tercel wagon, and I got about 32 MPG in 2WD, and 28 MGP when I had to switch into 4WD.
Mal: Hell, this job I would pull for free. Zoe: Can I have your share? Mal: No. Zoe: If you die, can I have your share? Mal: Yes.
'The Train Job'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
dcp - Feb 25, 2010 3:37:18 pm PST #11303 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Tom Scola - Feb 25, 2010 3:46:11 pm PST #11304 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm still earwormed with the "TION" song from the Electric Company.
smonster - Feb 25, 2010 3:51:04 pm PST #11305 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Are you going to be commuting over Monument Hill?
How big is this "hill?" B/c as much as I love my Darla (Civic Hybrid), she does not enjoy when I take her to Asheville. That one big incline on the way there? I get passed by everyone but 18 wheelers. 3 cylinders, yo.
dcp - Feb 25, 2010 3:56:20 pm PST #11306 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Well, downtown Colorado Springs is at about 6000', and Monument Hill (about 18 miles north) tops out at about 7400' where I-25 crosses the Palmer Divide on the way to Denver. It's not an extreme slope, it's just that it's high enough and oriented just right (or wrong, depending on your point of view) to trigger and catch rain, ice, and snow.
Liese S. - Feb 25, 2010 4:12:30 pm PST #11307 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I get about 17mpg in my AWD van. So any improvement is a good thing. And I really really need at least AWD given our dirt roads.
Stephanie - Feb 25, 2010 4:18:00 pm PST #11308 of 30001
Trust my rage
Yeah, the Palmer Divide is very much a border. Storms often stop or start there. We used to live just south of there butnow we are way more south.
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2010 4:21:34 pm PST #11309 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've been walking around the office with a stupid grin on my face this week. I have no idea why. I think my alter ego must be getting laid.
dcp - Feb 25, 2010 4:21:41 pm PST #11310 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I used to work here. Sigh. I miss it, even though it broke me.
Stephanie - Feb 25, 2010 4:23:30 pm PST #11311 of 30001
Trust my rage
Wow. I love Colorado so much. We live on Cheyenne Mt. Now. It's so beautiful although your view of the mountains is better.
sarameg - Feb 25, 2010 4:24:19 pm PST #11312 of 30001
I discovered I can lift myself out of the pool easily without using my legs. I like having strong arms.
Short-eared cat from across the street must be hanging on the porch; Loki is attacking the blinds.
Wind is crazy out there. Pretty much like the blizzard, without the snow. Saw a collapsing awning from the snow finally come down the rest of the way. Heard a crash in the alley, hope it wasn't the rest of Kitmo coming down. ( Other Sarah built an enclosure for her cat on her deck and dubbed it such. It mostly collapsed in the last storm.)