for those that travel between 60-75 mph, that's a huge drag factor variance. Mike's constant 63mph could easily get him over 20. I recently did a 270 mile round trip in our 142k Toyota corolla(99MY) and it got 36 mph with me by myself in the car and maybe 150# of car parts and tools along. the same trip with two humans and more parts netted 32+, with a slightly more leadfooted spouse driving some of the time. Wind wasn't a factor on either trip nor was ambient temps. FWIW, the car has no cruse so the driver had to maintain whatever speed was to be had. DM&FS At 02:56 PM 4/21/2008, Mike Collum wrote: >Well, I really do get 21 mpg with my '85 1.9 Westy (certainly not the >same as a 2.1 syncro) running at 63 mpg (by GPS). I'm using 185 14 >Nokian Hakkapeliitta C2 tires. This is confirmed over many miles and >several years. BTW, it only gets about 17 mpg with the O2 sensor >disconnected. With that much difference, I'd say my AFM is somewhat >maladjusted and the O2 sensor serves to compensate for it. > >Mike |
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