"Kate" (please ask)> wrote in
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>
> "Bill Jarrett" > wrote in message
> ...
>: Can you drive with the top down and without the tonneau on, without
> damaging
>: the top?
>
> This depends on your idea of damage.
> If you are thinking of WIND damage, no problem, you can drive faster
> with the tonneau off than you can with it on. It will possibly blow
> off at around 90. I had one come off on me while running 85 down teh
> freeway. It really raised hell with the traffic let me tell ya, and
> then I had to turn around and go get it.
>
> If you are thinking of SUN damage, you should ALWAYS use your tonneau,
> or the sun will fade the headliner making it prematurely ugly and
> causing the early onset of fabric rot. It fades to an ugly reddish
> brown color. It will also allow more dirt to get into the fabric.
>
>:At lower speeds? A highway speeds?
>
> Any speed should be ok, see above.
>
>:
>: The car doesn't yet have 1000 km (600 miles) on it. Will the mileage
>: improve? ( V6 - 5 speed auto transmission) Yesterday we drove 300 km
> mostly
>: on cruise at 110km/hr and only got 31mpg (imperial gallon).
>
> Bill - hon - you don't buy a Mustang for fuel economy. Love it for
> what it is.
> If the mileage improves, all the better, but don't get your hopes up.
> Think of your new baby as a high maintenance woman. She's expensive,
> but worth it.
> I'm too blonde to do the conversion from metric to mpg but I'm
> guessing it's not great.
>
> My Rubicon is a 6 banger and only gets 14-16 mpg. Much less than my 98
> Cobra got.

That's about what my 360 Dak gets, but at least it's got a 3.92 rear.

> Kate
>
>:
>: Thanks
>:
>:
>: Bill (A young at heart old fart)
>
> Kate
> (Loves old farts - has one of her own)

BTW, I'm an old fart too.

Joe
Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC