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Old 11-14-2012, 09:38 AM   #23 (permalink)
arcosine
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sc1 - '98 saturn sc1
Team Saturn
90 day: 43.17 mpg (US)

Airplane Bike - '11 home built Carp line Tour

rans - '97 rans tailwind

tractor - '66 International Cub cadet 129

2002 Space Odyssey - '02 Honda Odyssey EX-L
90 day: 28.25 mpg (US)

red bug - '00 VW beetle TDI

big tractor - '66 ford 3400

red vw - '00 VW new beetle TDI
90 day: 58.42 mpg (US)

RV - '88 Winnebago LeSharo
90 day: 16.67 mpg (US)
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Its probably best to climb the hill in the highest bear possible. When accelerating in my car (stick shift) I cant get it to go under 29 mpg lugging in fifth gear, and is usually over 30 mpg when floored, but in 4th it's only 22 mpg. I don't know how automatics down shift nowdays, but there use to be a vacuum modulator and a throttle linkage that could be adjusted in the olden days.
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