On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Stephen Cebula <sfcebula@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm just curious. At what speed do most of you drive on the freeway? On flat road, that is...I'm in a 1.9 and usually keep it around 60mph.
Sounds good. Not that you asked, but I set speed to the conditions (and of course speed limits ;) head wind cross wind traffic etc. Recently I felt able to push Jaco. Wind was non existent, so cruised at 70-75 mph for a while. Even though I floated along, revs seemed higher than need be. And I bet fuel consumption went way up. On I5, I tend to keep pace with the semis. Between 60-65 mph. This is with a WBX tranny, 195/75R 14" tires and Jetta engine. Neil.
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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