Re: 55 now 70, =$

["Psychos 'R Us" <honge@creighton.edu>]

> >      C'mon, guys and girls, you havn't thought this through...
> >
> >      Higher speed means less MPG
> 
> Not neccesarily true.  My TQ gets it 's best mileage at 65 MPH.  Lower than
> [blah]

In a way, yes -- but that "speed" is very relative and very dependent on 
what car you got. In a Lamborghini, the best speed vs. milage may be 
15mph; while on a gas-Scrooge Honda/Geo/etc., that may mean 45 or 50mph. 
The bottom line is that the fuel-consumption vs. the engine rpm is not a 
linear graph.

On the other hand, higher rpm will always mean absolute more gas consumed 
-- than to get the best milage, don't start the car but push it. Even 
pushing it for 1 inch, you are getting better gas milage than any car on 
this earth (unless your gas tank is leaking).

In a more real-life scene, you can employ the "burn and coast" technique 
to get the milage never imaginable from your car.

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