My bicycle and my running shoes between them covered over 2000 miles during 2006, consuming 30lbs of adipose tissue. That's about 6.8 mpg (miles per gram).
I don't think I've driven a car at all this year. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of graywolf > Sent: 29 December 2006 22:45 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us? > > Oh, wow, a my car is better than your car thread! > > Well my '86 Ford Escort Diesel got 45mpg combined (when I was driving > it, on 40 when my wife was) and normally 55+ on the > expressway. Once I > busted 65mpg from New Mexico to Indiana (but note that is mostly down > hill). Unfortunately it was still an Escort and you had to > replace the > friggin' tie-rods every 20 thousand miles, and it ate tires. > > > Christian wrote: > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> I just completed a round the USA trip in the Toyota Prius. > >> > >> Actual fuel consumption averaged over the trip: 44.5 MPG > (US Gallons > >> of course). > >> Total miles: 7,300 > >> Average speeds: 70-85 mph on the highways, normal 20-40 > mph in city > >> traffic. > > > > My 2000 Civic EX gets an average of 35 MPG mixed driving > (see gridlocked > > Washington, DC traffic, punctuated with brief bursts of > 80mph). Pure > > highway at an average of 70mph will see 40 MPG without an issue. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
