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Re: [T3] Gas mileage experiments
<x-flowed>Hahahaha...it's funny because it's true!
On my trip to Texas many moons ago, I saw a substantial mpg increase
when I went from 80mph to 75mph. I've known about the exponential
aerodynamic law for some time and that trip proved it to me!
Toby Erkson -- http://www.icbm.org/
'72 VW Squareback Darksider, 5-speed, 2007cc, rag top
'95 VW Jetta 2.0L, CHE w/LSD, 270ΒΌ, TT Chip ~ SCCA Solo 2 EP #3
'73 Porsche 914 2.0L; '81 Honda Gold Wing, 1100cc, stripped
Portland, Oregon
Dave Hall wrote:
Yes, for a '69 1600TLE with 5,500 miles at a temp of 72F the report gave the
following mileages:-
mph > mpg (US galls)
55 > 30.4
60 > 29.6 (Jim > 28.9 mpg)
65 > 26.4 (Jim > 26.7 mpg)
70 > 24.8
75 > 21.6
80 > 17.6
Looks like your mpg was pretty similar, Jim.
I get about 27 mpg(US) on long journeys with my twin-carb Variant at around 60
to 70 mph, which looks pretty similar too.
Salutary lesson for us - looks like it costs Toby almost twice as much for his
miles as for the slowest here (ignoring the UK taxation laws!). ;-)
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