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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 09:30 AM
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12. And keeping the left blinker on uses a negligible amount of fuel...
...when you consider those savings.
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  -What would be the speed at which one could get the BEST gas mileage from raccoon  Oct-10-08 07:43 AM   #0 
  - Looks as though there can be more than one sweet spot for a given model.  Orsino   Oct-10-08 07:54 AM   #1 
  - The Olds Cutlass gets ~50mpg?  mainegreen   Oct-10-08 08:12 AM   #4 
     - If you're able to drive it at a set speed, apparently...  Orsino   Oct-10-08 08:19 AM   #5 
     - I guess that's why old people in Florida love it.  mainegreen   Oct-10-08 08:24 AM   #6 
        - And keeping the left blinker on uses a negligible amount of fuel...  Orsino   Oct-10-08 09:30 AM   #12 
           - but what about the drag caused by the seat belt hanging out  in search of sanity   Oct-11-08 06:45 PM   #20 
     - The 50+ mpg blue line is the Toyota's  app_farmer_rb   Oct-10-08 09:25 AM   #10 
        - Ooooh. Well, that makes a heck of a lot more sense.  mainegreen   Oct-10-08 09:26 AM   #11 
        - consider it dubiousness rewarded  app_farmer_rb   Oct-11-08 03:19 PM   #15 
        - D'oh!!!  Orsino   Oct-10-08 09:33 AM   #13 
  - I think 55 is supposed to be pretty good actually  turtlensue   Oct-10-08 07:54 AM   #2 
  - Depends on the car and the terrain.  DarkTirade   Oct-10-08 08:00 AM   #3 
  - Very dependent on the car....  SacredCow   Oct-10-08 08:29 AM   #7 
  - It is generally the lowest RPM at which you can stay in the highest gear.  trotsky   Oct-10-08 08:30 AM   #8 
  - It depends on the car -- mine is 57 miles an hour  LostinVA   Oct-10-08 08:59 AM   #9 
  - I have always used the 30 - 50 MPH range  nomad1776   Oct-10-08 09:50 AM   #14 
  - Probably at the engine RPM that gives peak torque  billyskank   Oct-11-08 03:23 PM   #16 
  - There is one speed that is guaranteed to save you gas.  mwooldri   Oct-11-08 03:36 PM   #17 
  - For most vechicles, its somewhere between 40 to 60  NoGOPZone   Oct-11-08 03:42 PM   #18 
  - Over 35 but less than 60  in search of sanity   Oct-11-08 03:43 PM   #19 
 

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