From the link in Diesel_Dave's post:
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they kept the six-speed manual transmission in top gear as often as possible, typically cruised at 60 mph and only used the air conditioning twice during the trip
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I suspect that the speed was set to stay in the engine's BSFC sweetspot. Yet with an average speed of 39mph, they must have spent a lot of time going slower than 60mph.
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Originally Posted by NachtRitter
I just would have a tough time doing ~1600 miles on a tank since my tank is 3 gals less...  |
Reminds me of when I told someone I'd done 1700km on a single tank, and he said he's done 1500km. He drives the same model, only larger engine. This got me interested until I found out that his model has the 70 liter tank. Mine has the 59 liter tank and I could sqeeze in 63 liters, so he could probably get another 4-5 liters too.
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