Well, I've done a little to reduce our household fuel consumption; over the last three years we've replaced a Range Rover and an '86 Mustang GT with a Mini and a BMW Z4. Taking into account how much each car is driven, we've just about halved the amount of fuel we use (although we do now have to buy higher octane fuel). But I can't really feel too smug about that - we only average around 30mpg (US gallon, admittedly), and I'm sure we use more than our fair share of other things (such as electricity for air conditioning in the summer, natural gas for heat in the winter, and hot water all year).
On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 05:44:52PM -0500, graywolf wrote: > Oh, wow, a my car is better than your car thread! > > Well my '86 Ford Escort Diesel got 45mpg combined (when I was driving > it, on 40 when my wife was) and normally 55+ on the expressway. Once I > busted 65mpg from New Mexico to Indiana (but note that is mostly down > hill). Unfortunately it was still an Escort and you had to replace the > friggin' tie-rods every 20 thousand miles, and it ate tires. > > > Christian wrote: > > Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> I just completed a round the USA trip in the Toyota Prius. > >> > >> Actual fuel consumption averaged over the trip: 44.5 MPG (US Gallons > >> of course). > >> Total miles: 7,300 > >> Average speeds: 70-85 mph on the highways, normal 20-40 mph in city > >> traffic. > > > > My 2000 Civic EX gets an average of 35 MPG mixed driving (see gridlocked > > Washington, DC traffic, punctuated with brief bursts of 80mph). Pure > > highway at an average of 70mph will see 40 MPG without an issue. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
