Or on a bike
--R
On 4/20/2011 1:40 AM, Hendrik Fay wrote:
You can also confirm this phenomenon by walking into a strong wind and
then turning around and have it behind you, which is easier?
Hendrik
who is always interested in phenomenon but can't spell it
Bob Rentfro wrote:
Last year I
at the map will
clearly show.
:)
Tom Schuch
1975 W115 300D
and all those BMWs
Message: 10
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:49:08 -0700
From: Bob Rentfro azbob...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mileage and windage
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- er
Hanoi - as fast as possible. We finally got the weenies to change tactics
for withdrawal to the East.
Wilton
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From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:34 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Mileage
for withdrawal to the East.
Wilton
- Original Message - From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List Mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:34 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Mileage and windage
We drove the ML320 to DFW and back on Sunday. There was an
approximately
- Original Message - From: OK Donokd...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion ListMercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:34 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Mileage and windage
We drove the ML320 to DFW and back on Sunday. There was an
approximately 30mph wind from the South SouthWest all day. I
We drove the ML320 to DFW and back on Sunday. There was an
approximately 30mph wind from the South SouthWest all day. I filled the tank
before we left town, filled it just North of the airport on the way back,
and again as soon as we got back to town. I was driving with the cruise
control set to
Yeah, you can be astonished sometimes. Makes you wonder just how bad
the milage is in those pickups where the hood is higher than a tall
man, eh? Gotta be terrible.
Back a million years ago, I drove up to pick up my sister at Purdue
in our old 1968 Ford wagon with a 240 six cylinder.
Last year I made a trip to LA. Going over, driving into a wicked headwind,
got 40 mpg in the TDI Jetta. Driving home, wicked wind to my back, got 51
mpg. Seriously. I checked my math twice.
Bob R
On Apr 19, 2011 7:34 PM, OK Don okd...@gmail.com wrote:
We drove the ML320 to DFW and back on
I've never measured/documented the wind effects on fuel economy
before, so
thought this was cool.
A tailwind is a serious boon to fuel economy!
-- Jim
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You can also confirm this phenomenon by walking into a strong wind and
then turning around and have it behind you, which is easier?
Hendrik
who is always interested in phenomenon but can't spell it
Bob Rentfro wrote:
Last year I made a trip to LA. Going over, driving into a wicked headwind,
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