That's real close to what I once estimated my 71BGT with OD at. I drove
it for several years while the speedometer was not working so I kept
track all my gas purchases in order to determine how many miles I put on
the car. I used 27 mpg for my calculations because it typically averaged
right at that, based on the then 104 mile daily commute I had to work.
With the high mileage I put on the car, I needed to determine miles
driven to determine when to do maintenance tasks like oil changes, tune
ups, valve adjustments. However, most of the 52 mile cruise to or from
work was on hilly terrain and somewhat winding roads so the OD was not
heavily used as I recall.
David Councill
67 BGT
72 B
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bob Howard
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 6:36 AM
To: pokrefke1@comcast.net
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: MGB Fuel Mileage
Jim,
Here is my three-year average for the car : 27.85 mpg. It is not
driven in snow, but I do drive it around town in winter when the roads
are not white with salt.
As for using it as a daily driver, some certainly do. I did for
years, with a rubber-bumper MGB. That seemed to me to survive the
park-by-ear knocks that a car receives in daily use. Factors that
affect
cost of operation include depreciation, maintenance, insurance, fuel and
driver comfort, among others. MGB depreciation is stable, now.
Maintenance is, by today's standards, frequent, though inexpensive.
Insurance depends on the whims of your insurer, since collector-car
rates
would not apply to an MGB used in daily service. Driver comfort
includes
the question of working defrosters, wipers that clear much of the glass,
rate at which the heater comes alive, etc.
Bob
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:37:28 +0000 pokrefke1@comcast.net writes:
> Thanks for the message. I kept excellent records of my mileage in my
> Saab (before my wife stole it) but I never bothered to do it for my
> MGB as it was always a pleasure vehicle.
>
> Now that she stole my car and I have to drive her SUV, I'm trying to
> decide if I should be an efficient beater or press the MGB into
> daily driver service.
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