Lawrie Alexander wrote:
>
> This is going to be tricky! You mention buying fuel by the litre, and
> driving almost 1000 miles a month. So, how should we express the
> expected fuel mileage when we in America buy fuel in smaller-than-
> Imperial gallons rather than litres (which would probably be liters if
> we were to buy in them) and, if you ask the Texans, drive longer miles
> than most normal human beings!
>
> Anyway, if you are prepared to do the math, in our shop we generally
> reckon that a well-tuned, stock B will average 22 miles per US gallon
> around town, or 27 mpg cruising on the highway at reasonable speeds.
>
Thanks to all for the responses on and off list so far! And I apologise
for the confusion!
If you feel like answering please just do so in whatever terms you feel
most comfortable with (mpg is what I expect - but I can handle
litres-per-100km). You see I was brought up on miles and gallons and
then we went metric. I buy my fuel in litres yet I drive a car with a
odometer/speedo in miles... you think that *you* are confused.
Three speeding tickets later I am just coming to grips with my
mph-to-kph conversions again. We used to have our suburban speed limit
as 35mph and then it became 60kph - of course this means I usually drive
just under 70kph. With the over-policing on our roads I have been
ticketed for doing 70kph and 73kph when I have aimed for 40mph (which I
used to drive at back in the OLD days). I trust my newly calibrated
speedo... I just don't trust myself. Aiming for "just under" 40mph
makes it too easy to hit and go "just over" 40mph... and hence the
speeding fines (all from "speed cameras").
I think I will try driving at 35mph... and just feel perpetually
frustrated.
So.. give it to me in miles and gallons... I will do the conversions at
my end. At least if I get it a bit wrong I won't have to buy tickets to
the policemen's ball!
Eric
'68 MGB MkII
PS If y'all want the joke about the Aussie grazier and the Texas I can
post it :-)
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