Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage
Another job outsourced to foreign labor. Puppy =:-) PS: I love you NICO and you are a good caver so take that with all the humor that it was intended. Rumor has it that Nico Escamilla has become the Texas Caver remailer moderator? -WaV On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Nico Escamilla pitboun...@gmail.com wrote: may I suggest that we take this discussion to the OT list? Nico On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Sam Young youn...@centurytel.net wrote: (Not that there's any such thing as a car that gets 40 in real life.) --Mixon ? OK, this is not cave related but if someone thinks that me and my Honda do not live in real life, I must object.? I just put a new timing belt in my 1992 Honda Civic VX at 150K miles because I plan to drive it for a long time.? I only check the mileage every year or so but the last time I did it was about 46 mpg on one tank and about 54mpg on the next.? When the car was brand new I drove it at 55 mph all day and got 63 mpg. ? No, it is not for sale.? Sam -Original Message- From: Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com To: Nico Escamilla pitboun...@gmail.com Cc: Sam Young youn...@centurytel.net; texas cavers Texascavers@texascavers.com Sent: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 7:14 pm Subject: Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage Rumor has it that Nico Escamilla has become the Texas Caver remailer moderator? -WaV On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Nico Escamilla pitboun...@gmail.com wrote: may I suggest that we take this discussion to the OT list? Nico On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Sam Young youn...@centurytel.net wrote: (Not that there's any such thing as a car that gets 40 in real life.) --Mixon ? OK, this is not cave related but if someone thinks that me and my Honda do not live in real life, I must object.? I just put a new timing belt in my 1992 Honda Civic VX at 150K miles because I plan to drive it for a long time.? I only check the mileage every year or so but the last time I did it was about 46 mpg on one tank and about 54mpg on the next.? When the car was brand new I drove it at 55 mph all day and got 63 mpg. ? No, it is not for sale.? Sam
Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage
13 MPG sounds way too bad for a jeep, thats what my friend's F250 gets and that truck has a big V10 in it Nico On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Mixon Bill bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: 13 MPG in a Jeep? Hard to believe it's that bad. Must have been going 80. You can't really do this calculation on the basis on one fill-up, because there can be significant variation in just how full you actually get the tank. Average over several tanks. Interesting question: Which saves more gas, switching from a SUV with 15 MPG to one that gets 20, or switching from a car that gets 25 to one that gets 40? (Not that there's any such thing as a car that gets 40 in real life.) --Mixon -- You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
RE: [Texascavers] gas mileage
Actually a Prius does pretty well, oficially close to 50mpg but in reality still over 40, afaik. Cheers, Stefan -Original Message- From: Mixon Bill [mailto:bmixon...@austin.rr.com] (Not that there's any such thing as a car that gets 40 in real life.) --Mixon -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage
Trick question--you save more gas switching from the SUV with 15 MPG to one that gets 20 MPG. Proof: Drive all four vehicles for 10,000 miles and calculate the number of gallons of gas used. 15 MPG: uses 666.67 ga. 20 MPG: uses 500 ga. 25 MPG: uses 400 ga. 40 MPG: uses 250 ga. Voila, you reap a savings of 166.67 gallons when switching from the 15 to 20 MPG vehicle. The savings in fuel is not linear, though people commonly believe it to be true. Thus as a country we would reap more fuel savings if we rid our highways of the really fuel-inefficient vehicles first. This was covered in a recent Policy Forum in Science magazine. The name of the article is The MPG Illusion. Anyone who wishes to receive a copy of this article as a PDF file, please contact me and I'll send it to you (it's not publicly available on the web site). Diana On Jul 21, 2008, at 11:29 AM, Mixon Bill wrote: 13 MPG in a Jeep? Hard to believe it's that bad. Must have been going 80. You can't really do this calculation on the basis on one fill-up, because there can be significant variation in just how full you actually get the tank. Average over several tanks. Interesting question: Which saves more gas, switching from a SUV with 15 MPG to one that gets 20, or switching from a car that gets 25 to one that gets 40? (Not that there's any such thing as a car that gets 40 in real life.) --Mixon -- You may reply to the address this message came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Diana R. Tomchick Associate Professor University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Department of Biochemistry 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Rm. ND10.214B Dallas, TX 75390-8816, U.S.A. Email: diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu 214-645-6383 (phone) 214-645-6353 (fax) - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:29:22 -0500 bmixon...@austin.rr.com wrote: 13 MPG in a Jeep? Hard to believe it's that bad. Must have been going 80. I purposely drove at 55 miles per hour on a 70 miles per hour road between Barnhart and Ozona. I purposedly went at that speed (55 mph) thinking that is the speed with the best fuel economy. The Jeep was not full of cargo as I offloaded most of it under a tree beside the cave. So I wasn't carrying a lot of weight. I was the only passenger. I only weight 155lbs. -- Lyndon Tiu - Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage
may I suggest that we take this discussion to the OT list? Nico On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Sam Young youn...@centurytel.net wrote: *(Not that there's any such thing as a car that gets 40 in real life.) --Mixon* OK, this is not cave related but if someone thinks that me and my Honda do not live in real life, I must object. I just put a new timing belt in my 1992 Honda Civic VX at 150K miles because I plan to drive it for a long time. I only check the mileage every year or so but the last time I did it was about 46 mpg on one tank and about 54mpg on the next. When the car was brand new I drove it at 55 mph all day and got 63 mpg. No, it is not for sale. Sam
Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage
Rumor has it that Nico Escamilla has become the Texas Caver remailer moderator? -WaV On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Nico Escamilla pitboun...@gmail.com wrote: may I suggest that we take this discussion to the OT list? Nico On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Sam Young youn...@centurytel.net wrote: *(Not that there's any such thing as a car that gets 40 in real life.) --Mixon* OK, this is not cave related but if someone thinks that me and my Honda do not live in real life, I must object. I just put a new timing belt in my 1992 Honda Civic VX at 150K miles because I plan to drive it for a long time. I only check the mileage every year or so but the last time I did it was about 46 mpg on one tank and about 54mpg on the next. When the car was brand new I drove it at 55 mph all day and got 63 mpg. No, it is not for sale. Sam
Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage
No, but I may give him a job and a very ban stick for all of the OT :p Charles On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com wrote: Rumor has it that Nico Escamilla has become the Texas Caver remailer moderator? -WaV On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Nico Escamilla pitboun...@gmail.com wrote: may I suggest that we take this discussion to the OT list? Nico On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Sam Young youn...@centurytel.net wrote: (Not that there's any such thing as a car that gets 40 in real life.) --Mixon OK, this is not cave related but if someone thinks that me and my Honda do not live in real life, I must object. I just put a new timing belt in my 1992 Honda Civic VX at 150K miles because I plan to drive it for a long time. I only check the mileage every year or so but the last time I did it was about 46 mpg on one tank and about 54mpg on the next. When the car was brand new I drove it at 55 mph all day and got 63 mpg. No, it is not for sale. Sam
RE: [Texascavers] gas mileage
Could do worse, if this rumor is based on Nico's suggestion to move the gas/mileage discussion to the OT list. _ From: Don Cooper [mailto:wavyca...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 7:15 PM To: Nico Escamilla Cc: Sam Young; texas cavers Subject: Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage Rumor has it that Nico Escamilla has become the Texas Caver remailer moderator? -WaV On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Nico Escamilla pitboun...@gmail.com wrote: may I suggest that we take this discussion to the OT list? Nico On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Sam Young youn...@centurytel.net wrote: (Not that there's any such thing as a car that gets 40 in real life.) --Mixon OK, this is not cave related but if someone thinks that me and my Honda do not live in real life, I must object. I just put a new timing belt in my 1992 Honda Civic VX at 150K miles because I plan to drive it for a long time. I only check the mileage every year or so but the last time I did it was about 46 mpg on one tank and about 54mpg on the next. When the car was brand new I drove it at 55 mph all day and got 63 mpg. No, it is not for sale. Sam
Re: [Texascavers] gas mileage
I'd be honored to help watch/moderate texascavers Nico On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Charles Goldsmith wo...@justfamily.org wrote: No, but I may give him a job and a very ban stick for all of the OT :p Charles On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Don Cooper wavyca...@gmail.com wrote: Rumor has it that Nico Escamilla has become the Texas Caver remailer moderator? -WaV On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:51 AM, Nico Escamilla pitboun...@gmail.com wrote: may I suggest that we take this discussion to the OT list? Nico On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Sam Young youn...@centurytel.net wrote: (Not that there's any such thing as a car that gets 40 in real life.) --Mixon OK, this is not cave related but if someone thinks that me and my Honda do not live in real life, I must object. I just put a new timing belt in my 1992 Honda Civic VX at 150K miles because I plan to drive it for a long time. I only check the mileage every year or so but the last time I did it was about 46 mpg on one tank and about 54mpg on the next. When the car was brand new I drove it at 55 mph all day and got 63 mpg. No, it is not for sale. Sam
