I once had a friend who owned a Piper 250 Comanche, turbocharged. He liked to cruise high and fast at 16,000 to 17,000 feet, at which altitude he went over 200 MPH. He said that washing off the bug splats increased his cruise speed by about 2 MPH.
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06 Canyon: The vacuum gauge plus wheel covers helped increase summer 2015 mileage to 38.5 MPG, while summer 2016 mileage was 38.6 MPG without the wheel covers. Drove 33,021 miles 2016-2018 at 35.00 MPG.
22 Maverick: Summer 2022 burned 62.74 gallons in 3145.1 miles for 50.1 MPG. Winter 2023-2024 - 2416.7 miles, 58.66 gallons for 41 MPG.
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