Date:         Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:18:59 -0500
Reply-To:     Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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From:         Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject:      Re: MPG redux
Comments: To: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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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