Pretty decent mileage for a heavy automatic. The elevation around Yellowstone helps as well. Thinner air means less aerodynamic drag for any given speed, thus less power/fuel required.
Angus
Angus Gordon Bainbridge Island WA birdworks@gmail.com
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > Just took another look at the gas mileage stats for my long trip. Overall, > for just over 3,600 miles, was 17.84 mpg. But with segments as low as 15 > and as high as 21. The interesting part was the three days running around > Yellowstone. In my '90 heavily loaded Westy w/automatic I was running 18, > 19, 20 mpg for that three days. And that was a lot (maybe most) of the > time > in 2nd gear because of the constant up and down as we drove the 'loops' > around the park. And a lot of backtracking because one part of one loop > was > closed and we had to backtrack a lot. But with a speed limit of 45 mph. > So > guys and gals, if you want to save some gas, slow down. > |
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