Not a big milestone, but still a milestone.

I will just have to wait til the morning to see it.

Cake and Ice Cream at Bill's house.

What milestone? That you're about to run out of gas?

silverfox103 wrote:

Cake and Ice Cream at Bill's house.

You guys supply the cake and ice cream, and I will supply the house.

toomanytoyz wrote:

What milestone? That you're about to run out of gas?

No. My "LOW FUEL" light comes on at the empty mark, and I have another 20 or so miles. Unlike those 94 fleetwoods.

Think you'll remember in the AM?
Whenever I try to do that I always forget

sdstick wrote:

Think you'll remember in the AM?
Whenever I try to do that I always forget

Why do you think I made a big deal tonight about it.

toomanytoyz wrote:

What milestone? That you're about to run out of gas?

No. My "LOW FUEL" light comes on at the empty mark, and I have another 20 or so miles. Unlike those 94 fleetwoods. [/quote]

daredevil! I've never ran any of my B's below 1/4 tank, which I blame strictly on my Fleetwood experience. That sucker ran out at 2 bars, sometimes 3 if I was beating on it.. Now I just play it safe.. I only hope that with my next fleetwood, i'll be able to experience the low fuel light AND chime!!

It looks like a 149,999 milestone to me!

Is the 309.7 accurate?
Thats how I know its time to fill up
20gal*15mi/gal=300mi
I hear SO many people get better mileage.
Not me, every now & then I see 16 mi/gal

sdstick wrote:

Is the 309.7 accurate?
Thats how I know its time to fill up
20gal*15mi/gal=300mi
I hear SO many people get better mileage.
Not me, every now & then I see 16 mi/gal

I am seeing between 330-350 miles on a tank.

It is accurate. I reset at fill up.

I dont know why I dont see better mileage out of my cars
I didnt think I drove THAT hard.
Whats a wagon weigh anyway?

sdstick wrote:

I dont know why I dont see better mileage out of my cars
I didnt think I drove THAT hard.
Whats a wagon weigh anyway?

It is 4680lbs with me in it, so 4510lbs. I do not drive it easy either.

sdstick wrote:

Is the 309.7 accurate?
Thats how I know its time to fill up
20gal*15mi/gal=300mi
I hear SO many people get better mileage.
Not me, every now & then I see 16 mi/gal

FWIW I average anywhere from 15-17 mpg in the city (17 is sticker mpg) and from 23-26 on the highway (24 is sticker)

What gears do you run, I thought that had something to do with it. I had a friend with 2.92's and it got better miles than my car with 3.23's

IMPALADAKID wrote:

sdstick wrote:

Whats a wagon weigh anyway?

It is 4680lbs with me in it, so 4510lbs......

Interesting, I thought they'd be heavier

Cadet57 wrote:

sdstick wrote:

....I hear SO many people get better mileage.
......

FWIW I average anywhere from 15-17 mpg in the city (17 is sticker mpg) and from 23-26 on the highway (24 is sticker)

What gears do you run, I thought that had something to do with it. I had a friend with 2.92's and it got better miles than my car with 3.23's

In my case gears dont matter, I run 3.08's, 3.42's & 3.73's. I think the main factor is I dont do alot of open highway driving

I average usually from 19 to 23 MPG spread out over a tank of gas. The last one I got 23 on, I had taken a trip from Malden to Rochester NH and back right after the fill up, then drove mostly around town for the rest of the tank, I thought that was pretty good. I must have been pushing 27-28 on that NH trip! Highway gears aren't always all bad...

I usually fill up right at 300 miles, and it takes anywhere from 16-18 gallons, which works out to be 16-18mpg. Mostly country road driving, and spirited at that.

So far, the caddy has about 220 miles on this tank and still showing more than half full. I don't believe it for a second...

There! I remembered.

I'm impressed

toomanytoyz wrote:

What milestone? That you're about to run out of gas?

meh...

I know with b& d bodys, the chance of ever seeing the low fuel light is damn near impossible. I bet some of you don't know it has a low fuel light. It does.
I put 18 gallons in and it went to 3/4 from E, about where it should. which is where I keep it since there is a leak on top of the tank. so I get about 20 mpg all around driving.

My low fuel light came once. Haven't seen it since and I've run loooww.

Depending on how I drive, I get about 16-17 average, but come back from wagon fest I went about 480 ish on that one tank, that was all mountain driving though. Usually though 320-350 for a tank for me.

IMPALADAKID wrote:

I will just have to wait til the morning to see it.

All this talk about odometers has just reminded me of an annoying, occasional & intermittent glitch on my odometer. Its a 1996 9C1 with the "certifried" speedo, which is always very accurate on MPH as long as i have the correct rolling tire diameter. BUT,,, The odometer sometimes flickers between the correct milage & some much higher number, however, it never stays on long enough for me to trouble shoot. I will also need to get some one to sit in the driver's seat to observe what the dash odometer does while I giggle harnesses. BTW, This higher number IS NOT the kilometer number as I first suspected. Can any one remember having this problem? Also, even though the odometer's full vehicle miles total "flickers", the trip milage number does not!

Machine-De-Zine wrote:

IMPALADAKID wrote:

I will just have to wait til the morning to see it.

All this talk about odometers has just reminded me of an annoying, occasional & intermittent glitch on my odometer. Its a 1996 9C1 with the "certifried" speedo, which is always very accurate on MPH as long as i have the correct rolling tire diameter. BUT,,, The odometer sometimes flickers between the correct milage & some much higher number, however, it never stays on long enough for me to trouble shoot. I will also need to get some one to sit in the driver's seat to observe what the dash odometer does while I giggle harnesses. BTW, This higher number IS NOT the kilometer number as I first suspected. Can any one remember having this problem? Also, even though the odometer's full vehicle miles total "flickers", the trip milage number does not!

This is a very common issue. So common, every b-body I have had with that cluster did it.
Here is your fix. http://capricess.com/tech/cluster/fading_cluster/fix.htm

IMPALADAKID wrote:

Machine-De-Zine wrote:

IMPALADAKID wrote:

I will just have to wait til the morning to see it.

All this talk about odometers has just reminded me of an annoying, occasional & intermittent glitch on my odometer. Its a 1996 9C1 with the "certifried" speedo, which is always very accurate on MPH as long as i have the correct rolling tire diameter. BUT,,, The odometer sometimes flickers between the correct milage & some much higher number, however, it never stays on long enough for me to trouble shoot. I will also need to get some one to sit in the driver's seat to observe what the dash odometer does while I giggle harnesses. BTW, This higher number IS NOT the kilometer number as I first suspected. Can any one remember having this problem? Also, even though the odometer's full vehicle miles total "flickers", the trip milage number does not!

This is a very common issue. So common, every b-body I have had with that cluster did it.
Here is your fix. http://capricess.com/tech/cluster/fading_cluster/fix.htm

Hail yeah! I just checked out the link you suggested and see that this is absolutely the first thing for me to check over. I will be astonished if it does not solve this odometer issue conclusively. This is exactly the kind of result that I had hoped for when joining this group. Thanks a million!

Machine-De-Zine wrote:

Hail yeah! I just checked out the link you suggested and see that this is absolutely the first thing for me to check over. I will be astonished if it does not solve this odometer issue conclusively. This is exactly the kind of result that I had hoped for when joining this group. Thanks a million!

Check out the links section. Most of the answeres to all questions can be found there.

IMPALADAKID wrote:

Machine-De-Zine wrote:

Hail yeah! I just checked out the link you suggested and see that this is absolutely the first thing for me to check over. I will be astonished if it does not solve this odometer issue conclusively. This is exactly the kind of result that I had hoped for when joining this group. Thanks a million!

Check out the links section. Most of the answeres to all questions can be found there.

I checked out this site a long time ago but must have forgotten to look at it recently. I searched in my mac finder & saw that I had bookmarked it ages ago.