Re: [T3] Gas mileage experiments

[Toby Erkson <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com>]

<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, 270¼, 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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