What kind of RPM's do you get? What about MPG?
Just curious what others out there are getting as I look at TT options. I've heard that 2400RPM and 7.5MPG is pretty standard. Is it wrong?
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The penalty is 40% over the TV loaded-same when solo at 55-60.
1970 or 2020
Gas or diesel.
The penalty is aerodynamic.
Diesel isn’t better or worse UNTIL you factor the fuel cost PER MILE.
Gasoline = $2,50
Diesel = $3.00
At my usual 58-mph/1,725-rpm flatland cruise, my average (not high or low) is 15-mpg.
In 100-miles that’s close enough to 6.5-gals diesel. 19.5-cents per mile for fuel.
That’s the same “fuel mileage” as burning (8) gallons of gasoline. Or, 12-mpg.
“Fuel economy” is in having a plan. Records.
1). The annual fuel budget is the context.
Reduce that (overall), and taking a trip isn’t expensive.
2). Control of vehicle use year-round (combined trips; no cold starts or idle time).
3). Constant use of cruise control on highway.
A speed that keeps one from lane-changing (62-mph, tops).
4). Trip plan. Stops known in advance.
Start time and end time are both early (to avoid traffic volume).
If this was a logic problem, no one would ask. But it’s America, thus it’s emotional. Getting used to daily spending more on fuel than one does in a week (is the hurdle).
It’s also become the land of bad drivers, almost without exception.
Failure to maintain adequate vehicle spacing is the glaring one. Neon.
A football field is about right for minimum distance. Solo.
Fail at this, and nothing else will matter.
Safety & Fuel Economy track one another almost 90% or more.
Bad FE is the same as unsafe driving, in other words.
(FE means tested. Combined versus solo where solo weight is only missing the trailer hitched. Not a number pulled from your ___. )
Tires and brakes should last 70k or more.
Tire rotation should almost be unnecessary.
““But, but, I don’t wanna do that!”
Yeah, I know. I have to drive among you.
Daily. Hundreds of miles
Your fathers & grandfathers were better drivers.
In that better society men LOOKED AROUND to ensure their end of cooperation.
That’s gone, now.
Keep records. Test. Formulate a plan. Use discipline.
.
1970 or 2020
Gas or diesel.
The penalty is aerodynamic.
Diesel isn’t better or worse UNTIL you factor the fuel cost PER MILE.
Gasoline = $2,50
Diesel = $3.00
At my usual 58-mph/1,725-rpm flatland cruise, my average (not high or low) is 15-mpg.
In 100-miles that’s close enough to 6.5-gals diesel. 19.5-cents per mile for fuel.
That’s the same “fuel mileage” as burning (8) gallons of gasoline. Or, 12-mpg.
“Fuel economy” is in having a plan. Records.
1). The annual fuel budget is the context.
Reduce that (overall), and taking a trip isn’t expensive.
2). Control of vehicle use year-round (combined trips; no cold starts or idle time).
3). Constant use of cruise control on highway.
A speed that keeps one from lane-changing (62-mph, tops).
4). Trip plan. Stops known in advance.
Start time and end time are both early (to avoid traffic volume).
If this was a logic problem, no one would ask. But it’s America, thus it’s emotional. Getting used to daily spending more on fuel than one does in a week (is the hurdle).
It’s also become the land of bad drivers, almost without exception.
Failure to maintain adequate vehicle spacing is the glaring one. Neon.
A football field is about right for minimum distance. Solo.
Fail at this, and nothing else will matter.
Safety & Fuel Economy track one another almost 90% or more.
Bad FE is the same as unsafe driving, in other words.
(FE means tested. Combined versus solo where solo weight is only missing the trailer hitched. Not a number pulled from your ___. )
Tires and brakes should last 70k or more.
Tire rotation should almost be unnecessary.
““But, but, I don’t wanna do that!”
Yeah, I know. I have to drive among you.
Daily. Hundreds of miles
Your fathers & grandfathers were better drivers.
In that better society men LOOKED AROUND to ensure their end of cooperation.
That’s gone, now.
Keep records. Test. Formulate a plan. Use discipline.
.
