Hello everyone, I haven't been here for a while. Still have all 3 of my Rovers but sadly going to have to sell the '88 Classic. Last summer I took my '01 Disco from Boise, ID to Wichita, KS and averaged 18.2 mpg. Last weekend, didn't think it could be done, but my wife drove her '95 by her self from Boise, to Omaha, (we are in the midst of relocating), and she got an amazing 21.15 mpg. When she left I gave her specific instructions as to not go over 2800 rpm as I have mentioned in other posts. Believe it or not she followed the instructions, however in her rig, 2500 rpm happens to be about 74 mph. She averaged the whole trip through WY and NE at that speed (even with the cross winds in WY). She drove straight through except for a 4 hour break. She used premium gas the entire way, as per my instructions. The only difference with her truck vs mine is that when we got hers, I had to change the plugs and wires. This was before I knew about using Bosch plugs and Magnicore wires and this forum. I put in Autolite plugs and GM 8mm custom wires for a 350. The tires are also above standard size 245 75 16". I don't know if I got lucky, or we just have a great vehicle, and did finally get the radio fixed, (a relay located inside the left front kick panel). A properly tuned vehicle and a little maintenance will go a long way. Her's was a great find, a 1 local owner when we got it nearly a year ago, with 115K miles on it. It ran rough after we bought it, but after the changing of the plugs and wires it has been a great vehicle, and surprises me every day. Thanks to everyone's help here.

 

That is really good,, and it tells how well you have maintained it.

 

See, see, I'm NOT crazy. We have gotten 22mpg with our '97.

 

That begs the question if there's any voodoo magic with Magnacor wires?

Mark

 

Except that I am not using Magnacor wires, I am using Duralast wires and Denso Iridium plugs, Shell V Power and Mobil 1 makes a big difference though.

 

The Mean Elevation for the state of Idaho is 5000 ft. Kansas is 2000 ft. So just drive down hill a lot to get good fuel economy.

 

I thought about that also but for the most part there are lots of ups and downs "Hills".

I drive to Seattle Wa. every year and going to and from my mileage stays the same on I-70 or I-80 from Tx to Wa.

 

I was going to post about the elevation change too, but besides coming down the foothills, the change is spread out so far, I don't think it would have a profound affect.Idrive to/from S. Dakota every year, sometimes a couple times a year, and one thing that IS a factor sometimes is winds that seem to almost always blow towards the east. But I think he said there wasn't any wind on his trip.

I know when I came back from Colorado, one problem I seemed to have a lot was getting the tank full.Sometimes it didn't seem to take the amt of gas I was thinking it would, other times it would. So I was showing these wide swings in MPG calculations.

 

Thanks for the posts, Spike you are not crazy, I am really impressed with her 95 more and more every day. There are a lot of elevation changes from Boise to Omaha. The first major elevation change is north of Ogden, UT, climbs to around 7000 ft over 12 miles from about 4200ft. Then the western part on I-80 in Wyoming, the "twin sisters" which are up and down to from 4500 to around 6000 ft or so. Then the last major pull is leaving Laramie, going east to Cheynne that you climb to I think 8600ft. She did tell me through quite a bit of Wyoming, as normal there was some cross wind that did keep her awake, and then of course western Nebraska, you never get away from wind. The only complaint she had with the whole trip was the cruise control would work about 10 miles and then just quit.