[Spits] gas mileage

[Jim Muller]

Since someone asked recently...

I recently accepted a job offer in Manchester, NH, 55 miles from my 
house.  (I always wanted a commute I could do on foot.)  I've managed 
to carpool some days; some days I've had to drive it myself.  The 
Spitfie is the vehicle of choice.

This week I started with a full tank, made the trip three times, 
filled up this evening near home.  7.5 gallons for 330 miles.  That 
comes out to 44mpg.  Not bad.  Of course, it is almost all running 
with OD on, no braking to speak of, no serious hills, inotherwords 
steady cruising at speeds between, oh, frumphsesoof and flmphfsf, 
keeping up with or slightly slower than traffic most of the time.

Saw two speed traps this morning.  They didn't pull me over, but 
there's some fast cars on Rts 3 and 128 sometimes.

Jim Muller
jimmuller at rcn.com