Date:         Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:50:58 -0800
Reply-To:     mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: MPG Question
Comments: To: robert shawn feller <feller@CARBONCOW.COM>
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I don't think you have much to apologize for. It seems every car related
list has a few people who make MPG claims that are far better than
anyone else. Do they really get that, consistently? I seriously doubt
it. I suspect measurement errors of one or more types. Either that or
they drive in a manner that is not consistent with common sense and
sharing the road with others safely. You have to throw out the upper and
lower values to get what a normal driver can expect. I have owned a
whole bunch of Vanagons and the gasoline ones get at best about 20 mpg
the way I drive. Road speed makes a huge difference and if you cruise at
a real 55-60 you can do pretty good. MPG drops off quickly with speed.
The Vanagon odometer is set for 185R14 tires. You can get a big MPG
change just by fitting a different size and not correcting for it in
both speed and distance.

Mark



robert shawn feller wrote:

>Wow far too defensive, I specifically said I don't want to call someone a
>liar due to my skepticism. Sorry to offend my disclaimer was intentional.
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