Fuel Consumption/Car type
- Thread starter MrBishop
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Try sitting still for 30 minutes...
Yeah, I've had that. I think the longest I've been stuck in traffic without moving a cm is 2 hours. I put the handbrake but left the engine on 'cause I NEEDED the AC.
I've been driving heavy traffic for over 4 months now...I guess you could say I'm "used to it" in the sense that I've come to accept that it's a fact of life as long as I'm commuting and no longer get stressed out if I run into a back up of traffic...but I have NOT accepted it as a permenant staple in my life and am looking to move ASAP
chcr
Too cute for words
Really? It's about thirty miles from here to Nashville. The first five or so are semi-rural. Most of the rest is interstate. It takes me about half an hour.
Sharky
New Member
I pretty much stick to the speed limit (55, with a 5 mile stretch of 65), and the last 10 miles are 45 with one stoplight after another, and they aren't synchronized. From Lynn Haven to downtown you rarely get to go faster than 35 between lights.
Aunty Em
Well-Known Member
Yeah that's happened to me before now... I live to the east of the town and there's only 2 routes out of the town centre, so when you get an accident or a breakdown it's hell.
K62
New Member
27mpg in a Grand Marquis?! Wow. That's impressive.
What do the newer ones have in em, anyways?
Sharky
New Member
Yeah, I was surprised. Its not bad for a rear-wheel-drive V8 land yacht.
The LS has a 4.6 SOHC V8. It's sweet - silky smooth, and it pulls that 4000# car effortlessly. The gas mileage is decent because the overdrive is pretty tall. It doesn't have a tach, but when the overdrive is engaged it sounds like it's idling at 60 mph. Plus, I keep a couple pounds more than the door sticker calls for in the tires.
Also, there aren't many hills around here. Once you come out of the Sand Hills around Vernon it's flat as a pool table all the way to the beach.
chcr
Too cute for words
I pretty much stick to the speed limit (55, with a 5 mile stretch of 65), and the last 10 miles are 45 with one stoplight after another, and they aren't synchronized. From Lynn Haven to downtown you rarely get to go faster than 35 between lights.
Ahh. The interstate is seventy until you get well into Nashville.
Altron
Well-Known Member
I was thinking "Damn, 45 gallons, that's twice the size of my tank" until I realized that it was 45L and it's actually half the size of my tank.
I just found the best road ever. Route 55.
It's a two lane road with NO COPS. Traffic is light, and most cars kept to the right lane.
Is there a way to find out of my car has a governer?
I just found the best road ever. Route 55.
It's a two lane road with NO COPS. Traffic is light, and most cars kept to the right lane.
Is there a way to find out of my car has a governer?
So by "two lane road" you mean "two lanes in each direction" and thus "four lane road" oh and every road has a cop on it at SOME point, maybe not regularly but at some point there WILL be a cop somewher eon that road.
Altron
Well-Known Member
Yeah, it did sound a bit windier.
I'm thinking that the speed I was doing yesterday is probably the fastest I should take it. The engine wasn't working extremely hard, but it seemed to have a hard time going over what I was doing, no matter how much throttle I gave it.
It was a surprisingly smooth ride at that speed tho.. I wonder if I could do better with a nosecone. Except for wind noise, the ride was nice and smooth, not like in those little four-bangers where they rock back and forth if you take it over 65.
I'm thinking that the speed I was doing yesterday is probably the fastest I should take it. The engine wasn't working extremely hard, but it seemed to have a hard time going over what I was doing, no matter how much throttle I gave it.
It was a surprisingly smooth ride at that speed tho.. I wonder if I could do better with a nosecone. Except for wind noise, the ride was nice and smooth, not like in those little four-bangers where they rock back and forth if you take it over 65.
I've never taken mine over 170km/h, but it felt really smooth. Not that I like to drive the engine at over 3500rpm, the only time I need that much power is on a hill.
Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
Not all of them. Some are on the throttle cable. Keep the rev's down and you will keep the speed down.