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Old 03-02-2010, 12:17 PM   #106 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls View Post
Conclusion: in the same car, on the same road, on the same day, the amount of energy required to move down the road, and the amount of fuel consumed, was notably different at 4pm vs 10pm.
And that's not even taking the phase of the moon into account, or the butterflies flapping in South America :-)

Or my own recent experience: Finally got things back together & running after the Bambi strike, but haven't found a hood yet, so I'm running around without one. I had expected to see some drop in mpg because of that, but it actually seems to do a bit better than it did before, given the temperatures.

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