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I agree with Jim, the 40MPG is awfully high for a '70s vehicle...are the
wheels truly stock? Smaller wheels will give better results.
I use the speedometer check sections on Interstate 5 to check my
speedo/odometer. They are 5 miles in length and at every mile there's a
sign (Mile 1, Mile 2, etc.). When I travel 5 miles my odometer shows 5.25.
So I have to remove these extra miles when I compute my gas mileage. I
divide my odometer mileage by 5 and multiply the result by .25 then
subtract this result from my odometer mileage to get my true odometer
mileage (see why I wanna programmable speedo?). If I didn't do this I
would be getting very good results! For those who are using bigger
diameter wheels/tires you should do the same thing but you will find that
your (actual) mileage will become better instead of worse. My front wheel
height is 23.375 inches.
Another highway point of interest for those who gotta know their car's
weight:
Along I-5 are weigh stations (we have a lot of loggers in this state) for
the big rigs. Most of them are small and at night are hardly used. Just
drive up onto the pad and look at the nearest pole in front and to the
right of you and you'll see a 5 digit fluorescent display. This will show
the weight of the vehicle. My baby, with spare tire and fairly full tank
of gas weights in at 2400 lbs. Just remember to remove your weight from
the display or get out of the car and off the pad so your weight won't be
included. You may need to scoot a little forward or backward on the pad
until the display shows the biggest number -- that's your vehicle weight.
Next week I'll discuss how to prepare a hot meal while driving those long
highways using just your engine and a Swiss-army knife... ;p
Toby "carefree highway, let me slip away, slip away on you" Erkson
air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
'72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
'75 Porsche 914 1.8L for sale
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Subject: re: MPG survey
Author: type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date: 5/14/97 10:10 PM
>From: wcollins@sbnsw.com.au
>
>Peter,
>
>Below are the figures I'm getting.
>
>1972 Notchback no mods only bits missing. Dual Carbs, manual 1600
>City around 17MPG
>Hwy around 33MPG
...
>1973 Fastback, stock. FI Manual 1600
>City unsure
>Hwy around 40MPG
Sorry, I don't believe it! This is either his/her imagination or the best
downhill ten miles he/she ever drove.
Jim
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Melissa Kepner Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org jradney@njackn.com
Laura Kepner-Adney
Madison, Wisconsin
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