Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:46:46 -0800
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: MPG Question
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Conditions can wreak havoc on your statistics. We made a trip in the late
seventies from our home just north of Hope, BC to central Alberta. The
mileage was about what you'd think for a six cylinder 1957 Chevy pickup with
a cedar hippie camper on the back going up and down mountains, about 19mpg.
( Imperial gallons. Subtract 20% for US gal.) On the leg from Fernie to
Lethbridge we had a 50 mph tailwind coming off the Rockies and we got 37
mpg! And boy was it ever quiet in the old truck that day! Never before or
since, that's for sure. Averaging is important
On 3/31/06, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
>
> 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!
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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