Everyone blames me for my poor mileage. Because I only drive like 3 miles a day,'it doesnt get up to top engine temp.,it is all the stop and go,it is all the city driving,etc...' I still say it should give me low 30's with the way I drive, not like a nut. If I was driving like a 18yo zooming around, and carrying around tons of junk in my car, then maybe low 20's. It is old engne design and I accept it.
But to think I gave up a nice 'collectable' Ranger Edge for this car, to save money during the first 'oil crisis'....and I got better mileage in my turck with a big V-6, and it would now have maybe 30K miles on it. Well, this one stays with me, till it doesnt run or it gets crushed by someone. Its paid off, and still 99% reliable, cant do much better than that.