Re: mpg reply

From: Robert Trottmann (rotrottmann@davidson.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 30 1998 - 01:26:20 EDT


Good luck hitting 20, I've only done it once. 19.9 a few times, but over 20
just once.
Damn, you had me hoping on getting 24 some day.
Later,
Robert

Patrick and Kelly Engram wrote:

> Uh, I have some sad news...
>
> When I posted about the mpg, I had yelled down the hall to ask my wife
> how many gallons we had put in when we got to Martinsville, and she said
> 16.5 ....Well, I just pulled out the gas receipt, and we actually put in
> 15.76 gallons, which is better, but I wrote down the mileage from the
> trip meter and it was 2 96, not 3 96!! I'm now very embarrassed and
> feel bad for blasting off... On the bright side, this does come out to
> a very respectable 19 mpg, so I guess I cant complain, and I bet I could
> get it to close to 24 if I had run a bit slower, and didnt have the a/c
> cranked the whole way.
> I took my sister's jeep grand cherokee to myrtle beach last april.
> Her mpg computer registered an average mpg of 22 while I was driving for
> 6 hours (she has a 5.2) then I let my buddy drive the rest of the way,
> and by the time we got there, he had sunk the average mpg to 17!
> Sorry if I disappointed anyone, I'm shooting for at least 20 next
> time.
> Patrick

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