That's a serious Owie! Good thing it's not a daily driver. Always good to hear from you, John. Donald.
John Macartney wrote: > Hi, Guys > > The only Triumph connection I can bring to this thread is that on Sunday I > found myself re-fuelling > the Triumph Trans-America UK Spitfire UK Raffle prize at a freeway gas > station here in the UK. Even > topping off the tank made my eyes smart a bit (remembering UK fuel prices are > usually > stratospheric) - but I had a surprise. Just as I was snapping the filler cap > closed on the Spitfire, > alongside me comes a beautiful 1926 4.5 litre Bentley. The same type that > raced so successfully at > Le Mans all those years ago. Driver was a most engaging individual, very > friendly and responded with > humour to my comment that it would cost him the UK defence budget to re-fill. > With aplomb and a > cheery smile, he loosened the Bentley's fuel cap to reveal a hole about 6 > inches in diameter and a > *fairly* empty (I'd guess just under half full) but massive slab tank. In > went the nozzle and while > he kept the fuel flowing, we had a pleasant chat. First time I've seen a > Bentley refilled from empty > and it didn't happen in a few moments! :) > Eventually, the tank was full and I looked at the pump meter. > GBP 143.00 (equal to about US$286.00) and I commented that I hoped it would > get him home. > "I hope so too. London's about 130 miles? With a bit of luck and if I keep > the revs below 2000, we > ought to do it." > How much did he take on board? My calculator tells me about 25.8 imperial > gallons and there were > probably about another 20 gallons still in it. So, say 50 gallons at > GBPUS$554 for the full tank and > 130 miles to eat it all up, it would have cost him somewhere in the region of > US$4.26 PER MILE! > Jeez, at that consumption, I guess you could work out the cost per firing > impulse. Anyone care to do > it? I'm too tired..... > > Jonmac _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
