Scott,
Speed will definitely make a difference in your gas mileage. From my log
book to VTR in Oregon last year I show that at 68 mph average cruising speed
I got 30.5 mpg on a tank of gas, but at 76 mph I only got 29.2 mpg. The
terrain and weather conditions in both cases was pretty much the same so I
gotta think the drag at higher speed had something to do with it. But
YMMV...<g>.
Bud Rolofson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Tilton" <sdtilton@yahoo.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 5:47 AM
Subject: Drag Coefficients
>
> Out of curiosity, is the drag coefficient for any of our cars known?
>
> I was motoring back to Richmond from Leesburg last night and the sparse
traffic on I-95
> was FLYING!
>
> I couldnt believe my speedometer. . .so I started timing myself on the
mile markers
> (which are laid out in 1/10th of a mile increments strangely) and also
with the
> airplane speed stripes on the road which are < mile apart (I think)
>
> Sure enough, my little group was cruising at 90mph for the 45 minutes or
so that I was
> with them.
>
> I was pretty proud of the TR-6s performance, but the fuel gauge went down
so fast . .
> . you would have thought I had a leak!
>
> Just Curious if anyone else had a similar experience.
>
> Scott
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