Your not trying hard enough ;)
Ira Erbs
IT Consultant
Portland, OR
sent from my Droid, please excuse typos and random self corrections because
my phone has It's own ideas about what word I meant to write
On Jun 9, 2011 6:42 AM, "Michael Oritt" <michael.oritt at gmail.com> wrote:
> That's an interesting MPG variation.
>
> On my 100 Le Mans with larger carbs, fast road cam, etc. I always get
22-24
> no matter what, though it is only driven one way: Vigorously.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 8:52 AM, I Erbs <eyera3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The cost of gas is the entry fee for driving my Healey. It has been over
20
>> years since it was a daily driver. Hitting the loud pedal is part of the
>> fun. I have gotten 24+mpg and I have gotten 14+ mpg....depending on my
>> mood;-)
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ira Erbs
>> IT Consultant
>> Portland, OR
>>
>> sent from my Droid, please excuse typos and random self corrections
because
>> my phone has It's own ideas about what word I meant to write
>>
>> On Jun 9, 2011 2:36 AM, "Oudesluys" <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
>> > It all comes down to the amount of lead in your RH shoe. An uprated
>> > engine will usually be more efficient and will extract more power from
>> > the same amount of fuel. This means that in theory you will use less
>> > fuel travelling at the same constant speed. However, this is only true
>> > if you use a feather light touch on the loud pedal but if there is the
>> > extra power you tend to use it accelerating which will upset you MPG
>> figure.
>> >
>> > Kees Oudesluijs
>> >
>> > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a
name
>> of coudesluijs.vcf]
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