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Finding more $$$ for audio stuff [message #4894]

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:55

Bill Epstein
Messages: 1088
Registered: May 2009
Location: Smoky Mts. USA

Illuminati (2nd Degree)

My 2002 3 liter V-6 Ranger has never done better than 22MPG on the highway and has generally averaged 18MPG.

2 weeks ago I began driving like I was 80 years old. Slow off the mark from a stop and never over 60MPH on the freeway.

I filled up tonight with 13 gallons that covered 293 miles of driving, about 60/40 highway/city. That's 22.5 MPG, a 20% increase.

That cuts my $200 a month gas bill by 1/5 or:

A 500 mile trip at 70 MPH takes 7 hours, 10 minutes. At 60, 8 hours, 20 minutes. Leave early and pocket the savings.

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Re: Finding more $$$ for audio stuff [message #4895 is a reply to message #4894]

Wed, 28 May 2008 11:15

Wayne Parham
Messages: 18711
Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

My cars are all geared to do best around 65-70. Any slower and you're too low for top gear, so back one and engine speed increases. Any faster and you're pushing air.

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Re: Finding more $$$ for audio stuff [message #4897 is a reply to message #4895]

Wed, 28 May 2008 21:04

Shane
Messages: 1117
Registered: May 2009

Illuminati (3rd Degree)

Well my '06 Mustang gets 30-32 on the highway all the way up to 80mph. It gets a good 26mpg in town, unless I have my foot in it, then it gets 20. But it's so much fun to hit the gas!

My motorcycle only gets 40-42 mpg if I keep it between 60-70. Any more than that and it drops quick. Gas for this puppy is where most of my extra $$$ goes to, especially in the summertime.

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Re: Finding more $$$ for audio stuff [message #4898 is a reply to message #4897]

Thu, 29 May 2008 12:18

Wayne Parham
Messages: 18711
Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

Yeah, motorcycles have terrible aerodynamics, especially the cruisers like Harleys. Rice rockets, less so. But there is a lot of surface area and it isn't a clean surface, instead there's a lot of appendages and stuff hanging off the bikes to disrupt airflow.

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