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Old 10-10-2011, 08:55 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

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90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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To help visualize just HOW bad the donuts were compared to the RE92's (which henceforth shall be known as the Tires Of The Gods), a photo with the car at actual starting & stopping points:



I used a big parking lot that's empty on weekends. The starting "hill" isn't huge - maybe a couple of feet elevation change where the entrance/exit goes up to meet the road grade.

But it was enough of a slope that the car rolled ...

  • 216.9 feet on the RE92's @ 51 psi (average of 5 runs).
  • 155 feet on the donuts @ 70 psi (average of 2 runs).
  • just 138.8 feet (!!) on the donuts @ 51 psi (average of 3 runs).

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