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Re: Spitfire fuel economy

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Subject: Re: Spitfire fuel economy
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 18:13:27 +0100
In article <002501c1394e$c6693320$4c01b018@c842110a>, Ken St.John at
Twangdemonium <stjohnkj@twangdemonium.com> writes
>Ok - I've played around some with listers mileage figures.

Many thanks for these figures - they make fascinating reading.

>  I had 18 entries,
>so not an exhaustive study but interesting.  I decided to lump city and
>combined figures into the same category.  I like this data because it gives me
>a good indication of what I can aim for.  I know my fuel economy suffers
>greatly if I mis-tune (hence a 1-gallon gas tank in my boot - bad sender ya
>know!)
>Listers averaged 30.9 mpg Hi-way and 25.5 combined.
>The biggest difference was between OD cars and non-OD cars.  Non-OD cars got 2
>mpg better hi-way and 3 mpg better combined.

Now isn't *that* interesting?   Aren't you glad you decided to stick
with non-O/D, Laura?   I am! :-)

ATB
-- 
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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