Since we're on the subject of fuel efficiency, I was curious what gas/diesel prices are in your area.
Reg. Unleaded = $2.89 Diesel = $3.29 Anchorage, Alaska - Sean On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dang - I considered a Mini Cooper when buying my Kia, but the cargo > capacity wasn't there and it was more expensive. > > A diesel would be nice, fer sher. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 01:40, Sobey, Richard A<r.so...@imperial.ac.uk> > wrote: > > Makes me so proud of my ~60MPG @ 70MPH in my new Mini Cooper Diesel (and > ~40MPG @ 105MPH, but I never did that, honestly). > > > > /loves fuel bill. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bounce-8579465-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto: > bounce-8579465-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Ben Scott > > Sent: 26 June 2009 16:47 > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: OT: American automotive (was: Is Exchange Doomed?) > > > > 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 ~ > > > > > > >
