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Old 04-07-2010, 10:40 PM   #8 (permalink)
Eli
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Results!

Alright! We agreed on a 17% handycap. That is 20% for diesel vs. gasoline and an average of 300 more pounds being in my car at 1% per hundred pound.
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It turned out to be 988.4 miles, and 3 tanks of fuel.

The final averages over the 3 tanks are as fallows.

Me ('79 Diesel Volvo): 40, 33.2 (after 17% handycap)
Richard ('00 Escort ZX2): 34.5

So, Richard and his Escort won...

If you would like the whole story, plus pictures of the cars and way to much numbers/calculations/information, check out my auto Blog.

http://www.RandomFlash.net/Bricks

One of my tanks I achieved 44.1 MPG (diesel), a massive personal best! I plan on making most of my temporary mods for this trip permanent. As well as doing more!

Thanks for rooting for me if you did!
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