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Old 05-31-2009, 02:42 AM   #12 (permalink)
ShadeTreeMech
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you sound worried, lol

I had started ruling out using the car like this before I even posted this, mainly because it would require 2 drivers working at the same time, so we would have no backup driver if one got drowsy. But playing with the theory sounded like too much fun.

I'm thinking that, if I were to simply drive both vehicles at the same time, I would be lucky to get 13 mpg for both vehicles combined. But by them sharing the load, surely the mpg would be higher. If I promise to not actually do this, will ya'll help me have fun sorting this out? Maybe I'm just too much of a closet engineering nerd, but it sounded like fun to me
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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