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Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes
You can go really slow on short trips without adding much extra time! Even better if the engine is mostly off!  |
The secret of the Single Run Average revealed!
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Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes
Or let the car warm up for an hour before the trip!  |
Another secret of the Single Run Average revealed! Like a professional magician telling the kids how the trick works.
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Originally Posted by 19bonestock88
I may partake again if I can finish all my mods and can get back into pulse and glide driving. With new aero additions 70mpg trips should be theoretically possible in warm weather, unless my new gearing proves to be ultimately detrimental to pulse and glide
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More mods! I have a plan, too. I want to continue the design, testing, and building of the flat decklid spoiler I started last summer.
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Originally Posted by Daox
Thanks for bumping this! I'm in again. I'm going to need some more mods to bump up my game though. Almost all my trips are under 5 miles now. Its really hard to get above 70 on such short trips.
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Slow ride!
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Originally Posted by Ecky
I'd love to get 70mpg short trips again. My only chance of seeing those numbers now are on long, low speed highway trips with rolling hills. Perhaps when I get my oil warmer and block heater installed it will help. I might try dropping to a 0w20 on my next oil change as well.
This K24 engine is reasonably efficient when warmed up, but it takes forever to get warm in such a light car, and it's a pig when cold.
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Sounds like another single run average candidate! Pick a trip you know you'll need to make, pick it well in advance, and prepare?