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hogwylde

She absolutely despises my car and everything about it and says I am too young to have a car like this. But my '88 Lincoln is my baby and I just got back from having her inspected (safety and emissions) and I will quote the mechanic:

"I have never seen a 20 year old car perform and run so well. It's a great car."






And as soon as this 5"-10" snow storm blows through, spring will be coming and I'll be able to dote on my other baby. After all, her birthday is coming up! She was born (picked up) on March 13, 1999 and boy do I have a gala event planned for her!

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Baltobonneville

Oops, I thought that I was on a motorcycle site. Oh, right, it's a motorcycle site in winter.

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2005 Bonneville Blue 790cc, AI removed, Staintunes RC, Unifilter, no snorkel, 118/40/Thrux needle/1 shim/3 turns, tachometer, Ikon 7610s in back, Ricor Intiminators in front, Pirelli Sport Demons, D9 gauge panel.

just_phil

Nice car HW, but at 18 miles per gallon and petrol here now over £4 a gallon, I think I got off lightly by having two real babies !!!

hogwylde

I am headed to NY right now (150 miles) and although nobody believes me and nor will you......... when cruising at 70 mph with cruise control, I hit up to 29 mpg! I average 25 mpg on the highway although, yes, in the city she tends to get kind of thirsty....

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Trophy Tony

OH NO! the mechanic put the steering wheel on the wrong side of your car!! :

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drainbamage

Cool car! One question: is the top speed realy just ~80MPH?

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schnabba

that car is real nice! Keep it! It's paid for!

if you own a nice honda accord...

then compare it too...

In many ways we haven't come too far.... although, back when fuel was cheap....

people made fun of MY decision... HA!
although my combined fuel economy is actually 45.5 averaged over the last 125,000 miles.

Nice ride! Keep it looking nice!

Lee

aVery impressive...you have every right to be proud of her, she is in excellent condition from what we can see in the photos. Thank you for sharing..

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LoVel

I'm guessing your math is a little Lincoln friendly. A V8 pushing a square front end through the wind get 25 to 29 mpg?

I'm assuming it's a V8 and although I have not studied aerodynamics you have to be knocking one heck of a hole in the air.

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HiDesert

The web site link says 25 on the highway, which is the average hogwylde gave. And the shape of the downstream portion of a moving body has more of an impact on aerodynamics than the leading portion. The air's going to get out of the way; most drag comes from turbulence as it fills in behind the moving object.

That's a beautiful, classic car hogwylde!

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