Re: Fuel economy

[Stewart MacLund <sundie@lunaticfringe.org>]

Well, it would.  Stay static, i mean.  Only two things affect your fuel economy
(assuming the same running car, etc, etc).
Wind resistance, and gear.

Fer instance, on the highway, you're always in high gear (assumedly).  As your
engine revs go up, so does your speed.  Therefore, even though you're going
through fuel faster, you're covering those miles faster.  If you drove around
in 4th gear all the time, you'd find your fuel economy take a sharp drop, but
then remain constant.

Wind resistance.  The wind resistance between two speeds 20mph apart would not
matter.  Throw it out.

Now, if you're testing between 65 and 120, that's an entirely different
matter.  :)

Sundie...

David Nejely wrote:

> Howdy listers, not to start a new fuel economy war....but I was just
> wondering...
>
> -I commute 140 miles per day FREEWAY
> -I generally buy premium gas (by the way it's still very
>   cheap here...only about $1.00/gal).
> -The MFA reads consistently about 23-24MPG irregardless of speed (85 vs.65)
>
> What are your averages and experiences with fuel economy?  Have you made
> improvements?  It would be nice to see higher economy out of the awesome
> VR6, especially since I don't run it hard very often.
>
> This is a stock GLX with no mods (yet).  I'm sure the K&N
> drop in helps, etc.  It's a great car, and I feel like I'm "nit-picking"
> but I wanted to throw this out here to find your opinions/experiences, and
> what your MFA tells you.
>
> The car is new to me (4 months) and only has 40k on it.  It's my 3rd VW,
> and it's an awesome machine.
>
> Thanks, Dave