Yay! Missoula, I miss my old home. How's things up that way? The southwest may be nice and warm, but I think I forgot what the color green looks like.

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Yeah, I base mine on my rural paper route. In my Buick it registered 148.3 miles round trip, so I just use that number for figuring my mileage.

 

Kuna is about 15miles SW of Boise.

Some of my favortie camping areas are up there in the bitterroot....and cant forget the stumble inn....



Yeah, one of my elk hunting buddies gets 24-25 with his 235's on, and when he puts 30x9.50's on it drops to 22...SO I guess I shouldnt complain about 20+ with 35's....really not that bad when I think about it..I just wouldnt mind 24 thats all...


Last time I drove thru was I-70, but after have grown up in the NW and having lived in the SE (that sucked), and driving back and forth...I call Kansas flat, and the mountains in the east hills. Just what you are used to..

 

I drove thru New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada on my way to Cali last fall, and nothing (including a few Corvettes) could hang with my Buick Riviera with a SC 3.8 V6. It was pretty sweet to fly by sports cars in my big as boat going up mountain roads.

 

Buicks are famous (some would say notorious) for being sleepers. The infamous Grand National is a great example, pretty much the Monte Carlo and Stingray eater of its day...

 

FYI:

The elevation of Kansas ranges from 679 feet at its lowest point near Coffeyville and to 4039 feet at its highest point at Mount Sunflower near Weskan. That is a distance of about 470 miles and a difference in elevation of 3360 feet. This averages about 7.2 feet of elevation per mile or .0164'"/foot. In comparison, masons generally pour concrete walks with a pitch of .25"/foot to prevent water from accumulating on the walk.

Although there may very well be a few hills in Kansas, I wouldn't exactly call it hilly.

 

im only getting 15-16 on 31's but i my 02 sensor is unhooked and my CEL light is on for now also

 

Dang...I'm only getting about 17 MPG at best case, mostly highway miles...I do have an exhaust leak around my O2 though...that's going to get fixed this weekend with a new down pipe. I've changed plugs, cleaned the throttle body and used Seafoam. At $2.60 per gallon I was hoping my 22-RE would get mid 25 MPG....but I am not even close to that.

 

Raining like hell for the last two days. So things are turning green. Did you go to uofm? I don't know if you've been here in the last 5 years, but the city has grown(a ton), its rediculous!

 

I've got 31s on my truck and can get about 22ish Highway and usually about 17 City. Mind you have I a light bar with 4 lights on it on the roof.

 

I lived there from 1989 until 2003, I did High school and U of M (graduated in 2003 with a BS in Geology), then moved to NM. That place was growing in leaps and bounds when I left, and from what I hear, the last 3 years haven't been any different. I'll be back in June probably, and I'm prepared for suburbia.

 

Oh yea the Grand National is a nice rare car. I can't remember but I thought it was a super charged V6. I think they might have only made them in black too. Or atleast thats the only color I've ever seen them in on the road.

As for Gas Mileage my truck sucks. I drive relatively slow and I'm getting approximately 16-17 MPG around town. Before my rebuild I was easily getting 19-20 around town. I'm not sure what is the deal. I think it maybe the new injectors.

 

Check your owners manual, both of mine 95runner(sold) and 92 truck say that the dealer will replace the O2 sensor at no cost to the owner, FREE IS ALWAYS GOOD

 

My 89 ext cab with 30's gets average 22. Thats about 80% highway, 20% town.

 

GN is a turbo 3.8 v6... most were auto's... and they all were very fast and underrated from the factory... oh yeah, you could get them in any colour you liked as long as it was black...