Only 70? OK I think I understand. I have noticed driving from SC to NC
to VA that the nannying gets more and more the further north you go,
north of VA it is full-on. Speed limits drop in NC. At the border
going into VA on I95 there are like 6 signs promising all kinds of evil
if you speed, don't wear a seatbelt or helmet, if you don't use your
lights and wipers, and other stuff, and the speed limit drops again.
{Oh yeah, and one that says "Welcome to Virginia!" Unh huh} I don't
know, I wonder sometimes if the War of Northern Aggression had the wrong
winner. I sometimes wonder how people tolerate that kind of stuff.
Rant off... You are right about the 126, even my wife noticed. I told
her after we got her SD, that when you get on the highway you will
notice that the faster you go, the better the car rides and handles,
like it is glued to the pavement. She came back from some road trip to
Columbia or somewhere, and said, "You were right! It does ride much
better." Now for her to notice that... it's gotta be good. I don't
know if the SDL would be noticeably different, but the 126 is a fine
road machine. Maybe when you get tired of yours, or don't feel like
driving it any more, you can send it down to a more civilized locale for
some extended comparison testing?
--R
WILTON wrote:
'Took the 91 350SDL on 520-mile trip yesterday and today. Mileage sorta disappointing, but
that 126 is one fine driving/riding machine. Fill-up at 417 miles showed ~21.5 mpg (~25% of
it stop-and-go back and forth here-and-yon in Charlotte, NC); rest of it 70 mph on
interstate hiway, 'cept 20 minutes or so sitting in traffic creeping to a NASCAR race
(others going to race, not I). The mileage figure is suspect, anyway, cause SWMBO did the
before and after fueling, and I did not observe the "fill-to point." Obviously, I
wasn't terribly serious about checking it, anyway. ;<))))
Wilton
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