John Hudson wrote:
> Garth ................ but what's your mileage per gallon ?
>
> Yesterday I changed over from winter to sumers tires and expect to get an
> extra 7 to 10 miles a gallon on the summer rubber.
>
> I can't complain at close to 45mpg in the city and ~60 on the highway.
John:
About 43 MPG (around 6.6 litres/100km) highway, typical summertime.
It's a V6, after all. Mileage (er, "kilometreage"?) is worse in the
city, and of course, worse with the winter tires. Not to mention the
thick-as-cement lubrication from winter temperatures. ;-)
I've never gotten better than around 5 litres/100km (about 57 MPG) on
the highway, under absolutely *ideal* conditions (dead flat, dead
straight, summertime and all-season radials, no headwind, and no
surrounding traffic so's I can use the cruise control). As the vehicle
ages, its fuel efficiency slowly drops. But after crunching the numbers
(the curse of being an MBA majoring in Finance and Management Science),
it's still much more economical to keep the car than sell it and buy one
that's more fuel-efficient (but not by that much).
Eventually, the spousal unit and I shall retire the vehicle and, as is
appropriate for our advancing ages and changing needs, buy another,
probably much smaller, one. As long as it's ergonomic -- I refuse to
drive a car that's hard on the back or bum, regardless of its fuel
efficiency. 8^>
Garth
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