Weekly Meet in College Park Starbucks

[CabrioPunk]

Anyone do the Annapolis cars and coffee?

Shocked I'm working again this Friday.

[Kershaw]

yeah im game for that one of these days.

[xathree]

me and a friend will be riding up tonight, who else is going?

[TexasTerp]

I'll be there! Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight

[FrozenSolid]

imma try to get off work on time and come up

[Zeemz]

I had a good time when I came out a couple weeks back. Won't be able to make it up tonight. Schedule has been a little crazy, so I hope to make it back up in a couple weeks.

[gofredo50]

The Friday I don't come out is also the Friday I get my MVA emissions notice....FML.

[roguetoaster]

This is the guy with the white 4dr 318. Sorry I had to bolt last Fri, work called me in for an ASAP job, looking forward to being back this coming Fri! If anyone going has a 3.73 diff I would be interested in buying it or trading for it.

[Kershaw]

hey man, it's phaedon. silver 325ix.

a 3.73 would make your car slower, are you trying to get better high mileage?

[roguetoaster]

Yeah, a 3.73 would make the car slower. For the foreseeable future that car will be staying on as a DD with no aspirations of auto-x FTDs or track days. So I figured with the 91 octane requirement (no knock sensor), and daily usage I might as well shoot for better mileage without making the car a total slug.

[Kershaw]

arent you already getting 35mpg?

[roguetoaster]

More like 30ish on the highway and a lifetime average of 27.6.

[Kershaw]

i'd say use the money to get an oil change, spark plugs, fuel filter, a new set of injectors, and air filter. that might help more.

[gofredo50]

Or jet propulsion. You go so fast you dont have time to notice your MPG.

[roguetoaster]

i'd say use the money to get an oil change, spark plugs, fuel filter, a new set of injectors, and air filter. that might help more.

Done, save the new injectors. But I think the real culprit is me driving too fast (don't read it as bragging), thus my possibly poor thought of reducing highway RPM via gearing.

Basically what I hear from various places is that I am too dang picky about MPG and should either install a jet engine/go faster or suck it up and not make the car slower. I will get right on it!

I assume some people here are going to the BBQ in Greenbelt tomorrow?