[Land-speed] Tires,Mileage,etc/non LSR ?

[Jon Wennerberg]

On Jul 21, 2008, at 4:11 PM, Ed Van Scoy wrote:
  I didn't understand the
author'sassertion that diesels do not hqve a throttle... unless he is  
usingit
in a different context than I - as a means of regulatingengine speed.
Ed

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Well, maybe he meant that they don't have a butterfly in the venturi  
-- no throttle plate, so to speak.

And, Ed -- if your mileage computer shows lower than real life --  
that only adds fuel to the discussion that the things aren't all that  
accurate.  I don't read the gallons used readout too much -- save  
that I've learned to watch the gauge carefully when it's getting  
low.  If the low-fuel light comes on and the doing-doing thing makes  
it's sound -- Nancy goes into panic mode that we're about to run out  
of fuel and be stranded in the middle of BF Egypt.  I try to have the  
"miles left 'til we're on fumes" number ready to respond to her fears!

Jon , tall guy with moustache
and two 200 MPH Club hats