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Old 08-28-2009, 04:30 PM   #28 (permalink)
cfg83
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65.2 MPG from Home to Work

Hello -

I have the dubious distinction of getting my record on an even bigger wildfire day, :

Trip: home to work
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ROUTE : 10 West -> 710 South -> 105 West -> 405 South -> Exit Freeway => Roughly 27+ miles
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NET ELEVATION CHANGE : ~210 feet drop
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SCANGAUGE "CURRENT" READINGS :
65.2 MPG,
0.4 Gallons,
207 Water Temp Max,
27.2 Miles,
2017 RPM Max,
0.6 Hours,
58 MPH Max,
45 MPH AVG
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IAT READING : Hot Air Intake led to Input Air Temp readings of around 135+ degrees F.
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WEATHER(.com) :
89 degrees F,
Fair/Partly Cloudy,
34% Humidity,
52.5 degrees F Dew Point,
29.94 in. Pressure,
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TIME : ~11:09 AM to ~11:45 AM, ~36 minutes
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RECENT CAR CHANGES : Car is actually missing rear wheel skirts (me lazy)
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HYPOTHESIS : Fire weather. Sad to say, but fires mean high MPG. What is really scary is that the traffic wasn't goldilox. I hit some traffic jams on the 105 West that normally would have killed a good run. However, I had such great MPG leading into the traffic jam that I still beat my old record by 1.9 MPG.

CarloSW2
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