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Old 06-11-2011, 03:52 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SentraSE-R View Post
Kudos! But round-trip averages tell the whole story. Otherwise, it's easy to rack up mpg numbers like this on downhills.
Hahaha! Totally true. But what made this noteworthy to me was that for maybe two months I have 5 days a week to get the best possible return on this exact route. Once or twice I hit 74mpg in warm weather. Yesterday, a little colder and without terribly much effort, not more than usual, I got 85.6 mpg. Maybe I drove differently in ways I didn't notice, but an 11mpg gain seems to me LIKELY to be partly about the ignition timing, POSSIBLY. Anyway, it's just a fun report. BTW, I got 102.2mpg on a two mile strip that's flat until it ends in a downhill this morning. But I won't brag!
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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