carp65
Sioux Falls, SD
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I very seldom check mine. My pat answer to the question is "I didn't buy it
for gas mileage--it's our home!
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Supercharged
Az.
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Klbc wrote:I just say I have no idea and don't care to figure it out. Same as I get, like that way, make more money.
So big a world, so little time to see.
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Dutch_12078
Winters south, summers north
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I tell them I have no idea, but the car attached behind it goes from NY to FL on zero gallons. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
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tropical36
Southwest Florida_USA
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Dutch_12078 wrote:I tell them I have no idea, but the car attached behind it goes from NY to FL on zero gallons.
Well, not really zero and you can't really pull it for nothing. Still not bad, as most only make a difference of .5, as long as you keep your speed down.
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'en Plain Air'
Central Suburban Maryland
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We answer the question honestly AND add our thinking about why it doesn't matter. There is no public transportation to go from point A to B to C to D ...etc, we don't need hotels, restaurants etc. I think our global 'impact' is less than using planes, trains, busses, rental cars, restaurants and hotels.
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Bumpyroad
Virginia
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'en Plain Air' wrote: I think our global 'impact' is less than using planes, trains, buses, rental cars, restaurants and hotels.
I think you think incorrectly.
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-Gramps-
Galax, Va.
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I tell them when I am off to Florida, I get 7 mpg with my coach and 500 mpg with my car.
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Passin Thru
N VA
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I just answer honestly. I love people who say they get 20 MPG towing but formulas for diesel fuel Lb/Hp tell the real story and after running Class 8 trucks over 3 million miles I can tell you a Peterbilt with a 500 Hp CAT, loaded from Balt-SEA-BALT over 425,000 miles including empty miles averages 6.5 Westbound and 7.1 eastbound. This is because the winds across the US are either from the SW or North a good part of the time and you climb from 900 ft to 8700 ft in WY.
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tropical36
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Passin Thru wrote:I just answer honestly. I love people who say they get 20 MPG towing but formulas for diesel fuel Lb/Hp tell the real story and after running Class 8 trucks over 3 million miles I can tell you a Peterbilt with a 500 Hp CAT, loaded from Balt-SEA-BALT over 425,000 miles including empty miles averages 6.5 Westbound and 7.1 eastbound. This is because the winds across the US are either from the SW or North a good part of the time and you climb from 900 ft to 8700 ft in WY.
Our recent purchase here says that it averages 6.1 and don't know if that's since it was born or what. During our 3 mons of ownership, we only run 55mph on average, so I would expect a little more. Not that it's very significant over the cost of ownership and it's already depreciated some. Just a good thing, I didn't buy it new....Holy Moly!
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Passin Thru
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You can zero out MPG numbers.
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