[s-cars] Gas milege on 95 s6

[Calvin & Diana Craig]

Mark,

The car is a totally stock '92.  I have the stock all-season 15 x 7.5" rims.
A couple of things to think about.  I always get the 25-27 mpg in the half
of my trip to Minnesota that has Colorado and Western Nebraska in it.  I
can't get this mileage in Iowa and Minnesota at the same speed.  I attribute
this to the lower wind resistance in the higher altitude.  At 6k feet, the
air density is about 20% lower than at sea level.  Assuming a flat road, the
only things that figure into mileage is engine efficiency, frictional
losses, and wind resistance.  By decreasing the wind resistance by about
10-15% at the average of about 4500 feet that the Western leg of the trip is
at, it helps quite a bit on the mileage.  I do think I get pretty good
mileage compared to most other S-Cars I have seen, though, since I average
about 22.5 mpg combined driving, i.e. average speed of about 38 mph on a
tank.

--Calvin


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Strangways [mailto:strangconst at rogers.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 6:48 PM
To: Calvin & Diana Craig; Elvis Palombizio; s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Gas milege on 95 s6


25 to 27 MPG, how are you getting this.
What chip level, tire size ?  What is the tow vehicle that is pulling your
car to allow you to get that mileage :)

Mark S

----- Original Message -----
From: "Calvin & Diana Craig" <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
To: "Elvis Palombizio" <EPalombizio at ideal-products.net>;
<s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:33 PM
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Gas milege on 95 s6


> I average 25 to 27 on the highway going from Denver to Minnesota at about
80
> mph.  If you drive 65 you can easily get close to 29-30 with this car.
> Something is definitely not right and I agree with the others that the
> T-stat would be a good place to start.  You might try reading the coolant
> temp through the Climate Control to find out how your T-Stat is doing.
>
> --Calvin
>
>
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> Good Afternoon all,
>             Does anyone have an ideal of what is normal gas mileage for
> my 1995 s6? I do 95% highway driving and it seems that I don't even get
> 20mpg, even when I'm driving tame. Is there anything I can do to improve
> it?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> E
>
> Elvis P.
> 1995 s6 - bone stock, for now... :-)
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