Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Long Believed Myths about Gas Mileage Debunked

2010-05-30 Thread Keith Johnson
the same for a car. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:54:46 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Long Believed Myths about Gas Mileage Debunked I live in Wisconsin and I

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Long Believed Myths about Gas Mileage Debunked

2010-05-30 Thread Keith Johnson
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 10:23:04 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Long Believed Myths about Gas Mileage Debunked Rave, I've had to tell people about the Wisconsin mornings when the steering wheel is too cold to touch. A lot flat out disbelieved

[scifinoir2] Re: Long Believed Myths about Gas Mileage Debunked

2010-05-30 Thread B Smith
@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:54:46 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Long Believed Myths about Gas Mileage Debunked I live in Wisconsin and I learned the no need to warm up car dictum from Click and Clack the Car Talk guys. Once it starts

[scifinoir2] Re: Long Believed Myths about Gas Mileage Debunked

2010-05-29 Thread Kelwyn
I live in Wisconsin and I learned the no need to warm up car dictum from Click and Clack the Car Talk guys. Once it starts, the car will warm up the same whether it is sitting still or moving. Of course, a warm vs. a cold car makes a BIG difference to the driver! ~rave! --- In

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Long Believed Myths about Gas Mileage Debunked

2010-05-29 Thread Tracy Curtis
Rave, I've had to tell people about the Wisconsin mornings when the steering wheel is too cold to touch. A lot flat out disbelieved me. And my family still tries to tell me to warm up the car even though most mechanics now go so far as to say that idling is bad for the car. And on one of those

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Long Believed Myths about Gas Mileage Debunked

2010-05-29 Thread Mr. Worf
The higher octane prevents knocking in the engine. I think that it is really only for boutique cars like an older Jag or Ferrari and Maserati. On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com wrote: Rave, I've had to tell people about the Wisconsin mornings when the