Careful, a UK gallon is bigger then a US gallon, so if the 49mpg you state
is in UK gallons then in the US your mileage is actually 40.8 mpg, very
good, but not impossible.

This is why I prefer the litres/100km scale, there is no confusion with it.
TTYL

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Dominic Stratten
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:25
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Gas & taxes (was Online electronics store)
>
>
> I had a 2 litre top of the range Granada Automatic (Biggest hatchback Ford
> did in the UK) with cruise control and lots of weight etc and it had over
> 120,000 miles on the clock. I had to do a run to Devon (260 miles from
> here). Including getting stuck on the M5 for the best part of an hour, I
> still managed an average (at 56 mph) of 49mpg. I thought this was
> a bit of a
> miracle but the handbook actually states that you can get 45mpg
> at a steady
> 56mph so maybe this wasnt too bad after all.
>
> I'd be lucky to get 35mpg in my smaller 1.8 manual astra.
>

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