Herb: No. I actually get between 17 and 18 MPG overall, tank full to tank
full over time with general driving. On long hauls on the Interstate, I can
get up to 25 MPG. The figures I used were based upon my record book. I was
trying to keep my e-mail short so I generalized over my 39 years of
ownership. I used some fuzzy math. I did not take into consideration that
the first two owners drove the car 14,000 before I bought it. Nor did I
consider that when I bought the car in 1970, I was paying 27 cents a gallon
and not sure if I even had the option of other octanes. I calculated the
other way: 178,000 miles / 17 = 10, 470 gallons X .20 = $2,094. I can't
find my worksheet for my original calculations but it looks like I either
rounded up to the next thousand or used some other figures. Is that fuzzy
enough for you? ;-)
The whole point of the exercise was to criticize and hold in contempt those
who say their Healeys will not run on anything but 200 octane (oops! fuzzy
figures again) gasoline sold by XYZ oil company. I was attempting to say
that my Healey does not NEED a higher octane at a higher price and
therefore, IN MY OPINION (and my OPINION can never be wrong), it is
economically foolish to waste the money. I know that others disagree with
me. It's their money, they can spend it as they wish.
(I wish there was an emoticon for 'tongue in cheek'. <tic> ? )
(I am not a complete idiot. Some parts are missing)
(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
----- Original Message -----
From: "Herbert Miller" <hgmiller3@qwest.net>
To: "'Len and/or Marge Hartnett'" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>; "'Healey
Mail List'" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 10:10 AM
Subject: RE: [Healeys] batteries
> Let's see:
> 3,000/.2=15,000
> 178,000/15,000=11.87
>
> You get 11.87 miles per gallon with your Healey?
>
> Herb
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