LOL! OK - I mistyped. It's 30mpg at over 70mph.
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 05:30, Maglinger, Paul<pmaglin...@scvl.com> wrote: >> I still get 30mph, and RPM around 4500. > 30mph? Pretty good for a KIA. I thought you said it would get up to 70... > <snickers> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 5:40 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: American automotive (was: Is Exchange Doomed?) > > I've made several trips in my 2002 Kia between my home near Seattle > and destinations in Eastern WA (minimum trip time, 4 hours, maximum 7 > hrs) at sustained speeds over 70mph, usually pushing 80. I still get > 30mph, and RPM around 4500. I love the little beast, even if > acceleration is dismal, and the roofer left a huge dent in the front > driver-side quarter panel.. > > Kurt > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 08:47, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Ben Scott<mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Amazingly enough, doing 80 MPH in 5th gear >> >> yields lower MPG than doing 65 MPH in 5th gear. :-) >> >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Micheal Espinola >> Jr<michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I believe it. I've def. had cars that had lower MPG at 75+. I've >> > never seen savings at 55. >> >> Gah, I'm an idiot. I reversed the intended sense in my statement. >> I was trying to be sarcastic with the "Amazingly", and so reinforced >> the confusion. >> >> MPG is better at 65 MPH than 80 MPH. How much, I'm not sure, but I >> know I can use less gas if I drive less aggressively. >> >> I do tend to drive aggressively. I also haven't had the plugs >> changed in too long. And I'm an AC junky. So I typically get between >> 21 and 25 MPG in my 9-year-old Forrester. On all-highway trips when >> it was new, 28 to 30 MPG, easily. >> >> 80 MPH is pushing the engine a bit, I think. Not "oh my God it's >> going to explode", but it's starting to whine a little. I got it up >> to just over 90 MPH once, then concern for both road safety and the >> engine won over and I backed off. The speedometer goes up to 120 MPH >> but I think that's being optimistic. 90 was already getting close to >> redline, and the engine sounded like a blender on puree. This is on >> the 4-cylinder base engine. They have an H6 on some models that's >> considerably beefier, or so I've read. >> >> It's interesting to hear that some cars get lower MPG at higher >> speeds. I wouldn't have expected that. >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ >> ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ >> > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > >
