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Old 12-22-2002, 07:21 AM
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In case anyone was wondering, it was me that 'voted' 29mpg. It's a consistent rate and it's probably unobtainable at the factory specified tire pressure. Some of you know that I've been on the hunt for the cause of a sporadic vibration in my car since I bought it. It's nothing serious, just pesky to an anal virgo like myself. Along the way I found quite a bit of poor handling habits, morning spotting (flat spots when cold) and even some vibration could be cured by raising the pressure of my tires to 37/35. An added bonus was an increase of around 2mpg. For those that are curious I have Dunlop SP 5000 Asymmetrical tires. However I had the same mpg in my '92 on the OEM supplied Bridgestones (RE92's ?)

I don't want to hijack this thread (now there's a first! ) so I'll start another thread regarding tire pressures and leave this thread as I found it - amazingly still on topic.
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