A real world story. Mostly, I agree with you, but driving habits DO make a difference. The state of Maryland has many distinct geographical areas. The heavily populated central section is in what is called the Piedmont. An area of modest rolling hills. The Eastern section of the state is on the coastal plain, and the eastern shore (east of the Chesapeake Bay) is very flat. In previous years the speed limits on the eastern shore were also lower than in the central section of the state. I have a Corrado. An Automatic Corrado with the VR6 engine. In normal (mostly freeway) driving, in the central section of the state and northern Virginia, I would typically get about 22mpg. Didn't much matter if it was mostly city driving or highway driving. On a trip to Ocean City (eastern shore) I got 30 mpg, on several consecutive tanks of gas. Just because the wind was calm, and speeds were steady at just below 50mph. Optimum fuel economy. With a different vehicle (Nissan Sentra) I got 47 mpg. I thought something had to be wrong when I was getting gas that time. Filled up the tank to overflowing, as I was convinced I MUST have used more gas. Syncro Vanagons don't get as good fuel mileage as 2wd ones. Westys don't do as well as passenger vans. But other conditions do affect your mileage (I drove across Ohio last November into a 40 mph headwind and my fuel economy sucked big time.)
On Mar 31, 2006, at 3:47 PM, robert shawn feller wrote: I hate to call anyone a liar but I'm so skeptical! |
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