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| JeffBowlsby |
 Feb 24 2005, 05:41 PM
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| davep |
Feb 25 2005, 06:29 AM
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I think the tank is supposed to be 62 liters, reserve included. Sixty is a nice round number as Gustl says.
Going over the various ads, the mgp figures vary from 23 to 26 and 29 with most of them refering to the 2.0 motor. This may reflect different model years, but I am not sure if there are enough differences in the car and engine to account for the numbers. We are not talking of 1975 and up models in these ads either. Canada should be getting bigger mpg numbers due to the larger gallon. I am not sure of the origin of the difference in the gallon measure, but I'd guess it was from the 1700's and may have had to do with taxes on alcoholic beverages. I also recall something about spirits being measured in fifth's, and it is a fifth that the American gallon is short. The point of the whole discussion is the figures used in the ads. 29mpg in the US and 26 in Canada would be incorrect. A proper conversion wound be 29 to 36 mpg. That is far more reasonable. |
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Jeff Bowlsby How big is the gas tank on your 914? Feb 24 2005, 05:41 PM
Jeff Bowlsby And does anyone know anything about DIN standard 7... Feb 24 2005, 05:43 PM redshift heh 16.4 with 1.6 counted as reserve, if my memory... Feb 24 2005, 05:48 PM SLITS About $40 worth of regular
DIN= dumb interna... Feb 24 2005, 05:51 PM redshift http://www.914world.com/bbs2/htm... Feb 24 2005, 05:52 PM SLITS Jump back, Miles is awake and sober Feb 24 2005, 07:31 PM davep Well, we don't use furlongs per fortnight.
It... Feb 24 2005, 07:46 PM Jeff Bowlsby Are not Canadian roads in kilometers not miles? O... Feb 24 2005, 07:47 PM davep Tis now, twasn't then.
I do know there are dif... Feb 24 2005, 07:50 PM Jeff Bowlsby So if:
16.4 US gal x 29 mpg = 475.6 US miles on ... Feb 24 2005, 07:58 PM ArtechnikA at least some GT's had 100-liter tanks... Feb 24 2005, 07:59 PM davep <... Feb 24 2005, 08:05 PM davep Anyway, the 26/29 does not compute well. 26/29=.9 ... Feb 24 2005, 08:13 PM bd1308 well if i fill up before i go to Louisville from w... Feb 24 2005, 08:32 PM Joe Ricard All I know is I usually got to pee before I need g... Feb 24 2005, 09:08 PM mrihop Yesterday I stopped for gas about 100 miles out of... Feb 24 2005, 09:13 PM Gustl I doubt that there's a calculation error - in ... Feb 24 2005, 11:51 PM JOHNMAN Is there a point to this?
Does it matter? I alwa... Feb 25 2005, 12:09 AM Mark Henry "about this big" the one armed fisherman said...
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maf914 The Haynes manual indicates 13.65 Imperial gallons... Feb 25 2005, 08:02 AM |
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