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Old 12-18-2011, 02:34 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Hey guys - after playing around with a few options I found an interesting data point. I burn 1 oz. of fuel each minute at idle! That is 0.47 gallons per hour. One way to look at it is that I need to be rolling along at ~14 mph while idling if my target goal is 30 mpg, which is a challenge in my 1966! I have no idea how some of you are getting close to 60 mpg’s!
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