Re: [T3] long distance gas mileage experiment

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@type4.org>]

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On 5 May 2006, at 15:26, Jim Adney wrote:

> On 5 May 2006 at 9:44, Jens Vagelpohl wrote:
>
> > Speaking of long-distance driving and recording gas mileage, I still
> > have my hand-written notes from 1995 when I drove my 412 wagon (L-
> > Jetronic) from Midland/MI to San Francisco, San Diego and back. I
> > went north through the UP, crossed it to Duluth and joined I-94 in
> > Fargo/ND. Straight shot west to Seattle, then I-5 South to Grants
> > Pass and US-101 to San Francisco. My best tank yielded 24.5 mpg, and
> > the worst just under 20. In total 3045 miles averaging 22.25 mpg. And
> > the gas was averaging about $1.30/gallon.
>
> Do you recall what kinds of speeds you generally maintained? From  
> your mi/gal
> figures, I'm guessing that you were moving pretty quickly.

I think I had very similar speeds to yours, 8-9 miles above the  
posted limit.


> > It looks like I might be doing a true ocean to ocean cross-country
> > trip in July, from Salem/OR to just south of DC. This would be to
> > purchase and drive home a 1976 Porsche 914, coincidentally a 1.8
> > model which has the exactly same engine that my 412 wagon has, plus a
> > catalytic converter.
>
> Too bad it's not a 2.0L. I never liked the L-jet 914s as much as  
> the D-Jet.

I've gotten a bit partial to the 1.8. I've had my 412 wagon for 12  
years now and except for problems that turned out to be a kinked fuel  
line when I bought it, one backfire-damaged air flow meter, one  
transmission that stopped shifting out of 3rd, and the voltage drop/ 
sticky solenoid I never had a problem with it. Put about 30,000 miles  
on it in the first couple years when I went to school in Michigan,  
anything from 95 degree sticky heat to something like 40 below in the  
cold winter 1994/1995. Guess who had the only car never jump-started  
by the friendly AAA man ;)

jens

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