[Tigers] Gas mileage

[Steve Laifman]

Lot's of talk about gas mileage. My father used to tell me "Show me 
someone who knows his gas mileage, and I will show you a failure in life."

Of course, that was when gas was $0.25/gallon.

On the other hand, in the mid '50's I entered a Gas Mileage rally from 
Los Angeles to Santa Barbara with my MG-TD.

The MG, usually, gets terrible mileage because you had to thrash it to 
death to beat the little old lady's Chevvie 6.  And she didn't even know 
we were racing!  On this rally (MG CAR CLUB OF AMERICA) I took first 
place at 42 mpg.

What was the secret?  It will work today!

Start out from the start line verrry slowly.  Drive as if you had a raw 
egg between your foot and the accelerator pedal. Accelerate to about 20 
mph slowly, shifting at low to moderate rpm. Be just short of killing 
the engine.  Maintain this speed without pressure or stopping - Game the 
stop lights. Start decelerating way before the stop, if you can't time 
it.  Turn OFF the engine at every stop, until the light has changed.  
Put cotton in your ears so you don't hear the horns or yelling from 
surrounding cars!

Does it work?  I have the trophy.  Is it fun?  About as much fun as 
driving of a winding road into a canyon, which is at least a thrill - 
until the sudden stop.    :-D

Steve

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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com