I'd get a lot anal if I was only getting 14 mpg on the road.:):):):):):):)
>
> From: John Sims <ahbn6@optonline.net>
> Date: 2008/07/07 Mon PM 04:52:07 EDT
> To: Editorgary@aol.com, healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Speeds, distances, and odometers.
>
> Personal aside:
>
> Aren't we getting a little technical and/or anal about MPG and speed.
>
> There are countless permutations involved here guys.
>
> Tranny ratios
> Gear Box selections
> Tire sizes,
> Fuels used
> Additives to the gas
> Gear Box Lubes
> Tranny oil
> Leering at the passenger and slowing down as the eye signals become stronger
> (opposite sex, I hope unless it has been a very, very, very long trip)
> Freeway versus two lane highway
> Number of stop lights
> One horse or two horse towns gone through with artificially low speed zones
> (AKA speed traps or revenue enhancers for the town)
> Altitude
> How recent was the build of the tranny, OD, Speedo, odometer, at idle while
> looking at a deer on the road, yadda, yadda, yadda
>
> Ad nauseum which is a better way of saying yadda, yadda, yadda
>
> I loved reading the "blogs" that everyone was kind enough to share on the
> list but . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .
>
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
>
> www.healey6.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces+ahbn6=optonline.net@autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces+ahbn6=optonline.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> Editorgary@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 4:35 PM
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Speeds, distances, and odometers.
>
> In a message dated 7/7/08 1:18:31 PM, healeys-request@autox.team.net writes:
>
>
> >
> > The linkage between the cable and the odomoter and trip meter is hard
> > gearing so it's not likely your odometer is off (if a gear was skipping
> you'd read
> > low). If you have lower profile tires than stock--who doesn't ;)--your
> > odometer would read high (the difference between a 26" dia. tire and a 25"
> dia.
> > tire would cause a 4% discrepancy, for instance).
> >
> > Also, GPS indicates linear distance between pt. A and pt. B, and may not
> > account for small turns between two points. However, I believe the newer
> GPSes
> > sample quite often so this may not be significant.
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