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To: billbears
And in actuality I get better gas mileage at 70 than I do at 55.

Physically impossible. Air drag increases with the cube of velocity.

98 posted on 05/15/2007 12:47:05 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK

You already posted this.

Perhaps you need to enlighten yourself with how Bosch L-Jet fuel injection works.

If the car’s fuelling is rich below a certain RPM point, it can very well do what I describe.


104 posted on 05/15/2007 12:49:18 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: GingisK

Say what you will. At 55 mph, I can go about 14.3 miles on a gallon of gas. At 65-70 mph, I can go just over 15-15.2 miles on a gallon of gas. I’ve measured this based on the same course, same time of day, etc.


127 posted on 05/15/2007 1:01:46 PM PDT by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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To: GingisK; billbears; SoldierDad; Spktyr
Physically impossible. Air drag increases with the cube of velocity.

Nonsense. My Jaguar XK8 is in sixth gear turning 2100 RPM at 90 MPH. It is in fifth gear turning 2800 RPM at 55. That's a simple matter of gearing and physics. My instantaneous fuel economy at 70 MPH on flat ground is around 35 MPG. At 55 it is around 26 MPG.

In any case it is none of anyone's business how I use the fuel I buy. It is, however, everyone's business when some idiot is acting like they are the only person on the road that we all paid for.

268 posted on 05/15/2007 5:21:02 PM PDT by NCSteve (Trying to take something off the Internet is like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.)
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To: GingisK

I’m glad to see at lease one other person on this thread who didn’t sleep through physics. My boss, an engineer/racer disucss these misconceptions all the time.


421 posted on 05/17/2007 7:39:53 AM PDT by Melas (Offending stupid people since 1963)
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