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MPG Contest, Who wants to play?? |
r_towle |
May 7 2008, 08:25 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,591 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
I started this on another site...not alot of joiners.
The idea is to test, tune, and tweek your car, and your driving style, to get the most MPG in a 914. This is a redo of a contest that the NY region did with 356's back in the day. These guys got 70mpg with one guy getting 100mpg. Alot of it is tuning, more if it is driving style. Here are the ground rules. We have several classes. 1.7, 1.8, 2.0, 2.0/6, and modified (all the rest of you), and vendors (special class) This is for 914's Using the honor system the goal is to win the mpg goal in your class. I am in 1.7 and aiming for 40mpg this first round out.. The contest will run from Memorial Day till Labor Day...this gives us all time to change things and tune things. This is meant to be fun with the 914magazine offering t-shirts as the prize...so its not meant to be for cheating. So, if you want to join, list the following. year, motor, tire size Use GPS or highway mileage markers to verify your odometer so we are all being fair. Rich |
r_towle |
Sep 1 2008, 10:28 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,591 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States |
I consider the consumables as part of your math...
Battery life is what...3 years on an electric conversion??? (That is if you actually drive the car....500 miles in 90 days...hmmm) Anyways...I think that the battery value should be factored in...you will need to replace them. Rich |
racunniff |
Sep 1 2008, 10:51 PM
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volt914 Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Fort Collins, CO Member No.: 6,705 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I consider the consumables as part of your math... Battery life is what...3 years on an electric conversion??? (That is if you actually drive the car....500 miles in 90 days...hmmm) Anyways...I think that the battery value should be factored in...you will need to replace them. Rich Yes, in other calculations I've included battery replacement cost. I expect these batteries to last 5 years (I rarely discharge them more than 20%). They cost $1600. The amortized cost over 3 months is therefore $80 (much more than the cost of the electricity). Including electricity, the total cost of the three months was $98.32. This gets it to 19.7 cents per mile. Which is just over 20 mpg equivalent at $4.00 per gallon. One thing I need to look into is whether I can actually get *money* for the batteries when they are at the end of their life. They still have probably 600-800 pounds of lead in them... |
racunniff |
Sep 1 2008, 10:53 PM
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volt914 Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 21-August 06 From: Fort Collins, CO Member No.: 6,705 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
...This gets it to 19.7 cents per mile. Which is just over 20 mpg equivalent at $4.00 per gallon. One thing to note - if we are going to include consumables and maintenance, the current federal allowable cost per mile is 58.5 cents. This is high because it includes expected depreciation of the vehicle. FWIW. |
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