Not to cast a disparaging shadow on this discussion, but if you're
concerned about aerodynamics, or gas mileage, go buy a Miata. If you
want a car with character, one that delivers the true visceral joys of
open-top motoring, stick with the MG and forget about the mileage.
Just my $.00000000002 billion
Andy
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On Wed, 20 Dec 1995, Mark Jurras wrote:
> Or so you thought. This morning the daily lab discussion was about
> overdrive equiped cars. The question is: if you drive a car at 45 MPH
> in 4th no O/D and calculate the Mileage then drive the same course and
> conditions at the same RPM in 4th + O/D and calculate the Mileage,
> which is better 45 no O/D or faster with O/D.
The most important variable would be air resistance. You would use less
gas per mile at the lower car speed, because the energy needed to
overcome
air resistance would be substantially less.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
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