I would recommend starting fluid, than a can of fire....Gary Barker Jim McMullan wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jim > McMullan > > To: Chrysler300 > > Sent: 10/3/2001 7:17:22 PM > > Subject: explain m.p.g. > > To Bob Jasninsky and group .The 4 M.P.G. was on the last full run for the F > .Around Feb 1980.San Francisco to Reno and back.Road was clear and dry with 10 > Ft. snow banks on both sides.If you lost it you would bend some stuff but > probably not die.I came up on a brace of Porches 2-4bangers and one 6 cyl. They > took me on one at a time.Blue the the doors off the 4rs .The 6 took a > little longer but the long rams packed more air and prevalled.They couldn't > belive that anything that big could go that fast and corner so well.Ah > the old days! After spending the night in Reno the 300 was a bitch to start > .Temp was around 25 deg. far. an I was also tuned for sea level ! Wound up > starting a fire in a coffee can and shoving it under the oil pan . When I > heard the oil popping I hit the starter and the big brute came to life.I didn't > shut it down until I Puled into my drive way in San Bruno-Even for fuel or > snaks.Reminds me I haft to check that oil pan when I pull it down . I > know that is not a far check the fuel mileage but 4 mpg. was all i got. > Jim macthehammer@xxxx > > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. > > > > > > --- > > --- macthehammer@xxxx > > --- EarthLink: It's your Internet. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > To send a message to this group, send an email to: > Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/