60~65 depending on the speed limit. Most of my "gains" come from traffic though. Just straight out highway (no traffic) driving will net me in the upper 40's to low 50's. Once I hit a little bit of traffic, my mileage starts to skyrocket because of the electric system kicking in.
If you have a no traffic highway route, diesel would be the best option I think. On Apr 1, 2008, at 8:11 AM, Paul Ihrig wrote: > what speed are you driving on the highway? > i am tempted. > i do a 100 rt a day as well. > > but am trying to figure out how to get a diesel smart car from > canada... > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:46 PM, Marlon Moyer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My Chevy truck was the same way.... I think they err on the high side >> to make you feel better. >> >> >> >> On Mar 31, 2008, at 10:36 PM, Gruss Gott wrote: >> >>>> Zap wrote: >>>> tank 1: 53.3 Shown - 50.33 calculated >>>> tank 2: 53.4 shown - 49.04 calculated >>>> tank 3: 57.7 shown - 54.25 calculated >>>> >>> >>> You can't argue with the savings, but I do wonder about the shown >>> values. I've run the same calculations with my friend's Prius and >>> the >>> differential is greater, about 10% off. >>> >>> My car that shows 16mpg is really getting about 18 and runs better >>> mileage than shown. So I was wondering if Toyota was cooking the >>> books a bit. >>> >>> But either way, 50 mpg kicks arse. >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:257732 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
