1969 Cadillac 60-100 mph acceleration

1969 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham 60-100 mph acceleration. Using about 90% throttle.

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[knipdlo]

I know its an odd question, but I love these cars- what kind of gas mileage in regular driving do you get? Thanks!

[Fleet472]

I don't check gas mileage too often since it's only driven about once every 7-14 days.

When I did record the mileage, it ended up being 9-13 mpg with an average of 11 mpg. The 11 mpg figure is with about 70% surface street driving and 30% highway driving.

[cps45314]

@Fleet472 i bet you didn't get that when recording this video

[Fleet472]

@cps45314

I didn't get what when recording this video?

[cadillacjim75]

The emissions gear didn't put too much of a dent in HP and the decrease in compression from 10 to 8.5 only took about 35HP. The numbers REALLY look bad due to quoting net HP instead of gross. Pre-72 muscle car guys tend to "forget" this, and the fact that the almighty 472/500 needs to lug 2000lbs more than most other cars.

Screw HP anyway.........TORQUE is your REAL friend :)

[MrRottenApple]

I certainly didn't mean to come across as insulting, but for me, it's nostalgia.

They will NEVER make cars like that again.

Enjoy yours while you can. Someday, you'll look back with a sense of awe when you join the rest of us old foggies sittin' around the porch talkin' how fast them Caddies could go.

They were beautiful cars and boy were they smooth as silk. I'm sorry GM but you've just forgotten what was real. Fleet, you should look up 1953 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. I had one of those. :>)

[mquiroz90]

@cps45314 wat a classic!

[cadrolls]

@knipdlo I can answer this question. On the highway, at a steady 55 M.P.H., you would expect 13 M.P.G. with the A/C on. In the city, no more than 7-8 M.P.G. Gas was .25 cents/gallon though when new so, no one cared about it. It was like that in most of the full-sized cars back then. On a long trip, it was nothing to fill up 2xs/day.

[midnitesquirldog]

472 engine a lot of power just transmissions did not hold up if beat on all the time with the torque these motors have !

[midgetmayo]

@Fleet472 That good of gas milege.

[VictrolaJazz]

I'll bet that high compression 472 driving through a 2.93 axle wasn't even working hard! I had two '69 Coupe de Villes in the early 90's--one with 22K miles, the other with 8,500 when I got it.

[corvettels9]

@Fleet472 11 mpg

[vpiedra1]

@Fleet472 the 9-13 mpg....more than likely less LOL....but like some other guy said "the hell with the gas mileage! this is too much fun!"

[clarkinthedark1]

I LOVE that sound...

[FirstWard24]

Great Scott! 88mph is the limit on back to the future! You just went and came back and went back! lol