In town gas mileage 1979 Buick Century Six

[CenturyAero]

With the price of gas so low now I am filling up my tank. I am a senior and drive less than 1,000 miles per year. I live in the #10 most congested city in the USA and gas mileage is always the lowest you can experience. My trips are 1.5 miles to 4 miles and I always let the engine warm up for 5 to 7 minutes. My last check after a fill up showed 17.2 miles per gallon. The car does not have the electronic carb and always passes the state emission test running almost as clean as a new car. Years ago I was getting 26 miles per gallon on freeway driving and believe I can better that now since the 15% ethanol requirement has been dropped - I think.
The V6 engine has plenty of power for most driving situations with superb acceleration at some speed ranges. Steep hills at freeway speeds tax the engine because of the low differential ratio and the 350 transmission has a real winding second gear gear ratio. So shifting back to 3rd on steep grades after high revs in second does not gain speed. Anything other than that - the V6 is the perfect engine as very steep hills are not common in many places. It is also easily modified to put out a lot more power if you are in a state that does not test emissions.

Randy

 

[CenturyAero]

I am the second owner and am on the west coast away from the ocean so no rust ever ! The car has always been garaged and is in fabulous almost new condition inside and out even with 120,000 miles. Super rare with only 7,364 made out of a total of 21,162 1979 Buick Century 2 and 4 sedans. 1979 Buick Century station wagon sales was 31,513 which was the first time station wagon sales exceeded sales of the sedans. Buyers disliked the slope back Euro body style making the 1979 Buick Century sedans the most rare of the G Body cars at the time. That almost killed off the Century line. For 1980 a 1975-79 Cadillac Seville style roofline was added to the Buick Century sedan and sales flew up to 115,000+ !