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holstein13
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gemert wrote:Sfla2 wrote:worried abt mpg ------buy a different toy, hobby This is what he meant by "anger." Yes, exactly. These are often the types of comments anyone will get when posting about fuel economy. I truly don't understand why we get so many of these when this subject comes up.
Can't someone be genuinely interested in fuel economy, efficiencies saving money or budgeting without being "worried" about it? Believe it or not, some people are intellectually curious and like to understand the world. It's not that they are worried or can't afford fuel.
Comments that dismiss the question are conversation killers. They don't add much to our collective wisdom.
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When renting, I've said "I get about 9 miles per gallon, and 50 smiles per gallon!"
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2chiefsRus wrote:Mr.Mark wrote:I'll tell them that we get about 6.5-7.0 mpg and then say 'what does your house get'?
(stole that from somebody as I thought it was a funny answer). They usually laugh.
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I love that - I'm going to use that sometime, I just know it.
I say "Pretty good milesge FOR A HOUSE also--- after I tell them 10--12 mpg..![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/awink.gif "awink")
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FIRE UP
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I didn't even bother reading all the answers. Why, in the world, do folks buy a slow, heavy, ZERO aerodynamics, rolling KLEENEX box and expect to see ANY MPG? Folks, these are not "Prius's", VW TDIs, Electric hybrids, or anything else that is DESIGNED to sip fuel. It's a rolling gymnasium. You get what you get. If you're not happy, sell it and hotel it.
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FIRE UP wrote:I didn't even bother reading all the answers. Why, in the world, do folks buy a slow, heavy, ZERO aerodynamics, rolling KLEENEX box and expect to see ANY MPG? Folks, these are not "Prius's", VW TDIs, Electric hybrids, or anything else that is DESIGNED to sip fuel. It's a rolling gymnasium. You get what you get. If you're not happy, sell it and hotel it.
Scott That's not what this post is about. Would you really give that answer to someone who is genuinely curious about the mileage of your MH?
If a ten year old boy asked you that question, would you really shut him down like that? Why not give an honest answer to satisfy someone's curiosity?
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I tell them the truth, I get 23 mpg. The way I calculate is that I averaged 8.7 mpg over 80k miles of travel on the MH. I always put at least the same miles or more on my tow car as on the MH exploring the surrounding area the tow car is a light 5 speed manual Toyota Corolla and gets 40 mpgs. The overall mpg is better than travelling in a Class B, truck or large SUV.
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Gjac wrote:I tell them the truth, I get 23 mpg. The way I calculate is that I averaged 8.7 mpg over 80k miles of travel on the MH. I always put at least the same miles or more on my tow car as on the MH exploring the surrounding area the tow car is a light 5 speed manual Toyota Corolla and gets 40 mpgs. The overall mpg is better than travelling in a Class B, truck or large SUV. I would check my math if I were you. If you got 8.7 mpg on 80,000 miles, that's 9,195 gallons of fuel for your RV. 40 mpg on 80,000 miles of your corolla is 2,000 gallons of fuel.
So 160,000 total miles you used 11,195 gallons of fuel for an average MPG of 14.29. not 23. You can't average MPG numbers. The math doesn't work that way.
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holstein13 wrote:Gjac wrote:I tell them the truth, I get 23 mpg. The way I calculate is that I averaged 8.7 mpg over 80k miles of travel on the MH. I always put at least the same miles or more on my tow car as on the MH exploring the surrounding area the tow car is a light 5 speed manual Toyota Corolla and gets 40 mpgs. The overall mpg is better than travelling in a Class B, truck or large SUV. I would check my math if I were you. If you got 8.7 mpg on 80,000 miles, that's 9,195 gallons of fuel for your RV. 40 mpg on 80,000 miles of your corolla is 2,000 gallons of fuel.
So 160,000 total miles you used 11,195 gallons of fuel for an average MPG of 14.29. not 23. You can't average MPG numbers. The math doesn't work that way. You are right, I just average the two mpgs. I guess I was lying to myself unknowingly trying to justify the cost of RV travel
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It depends who asks and what they're driving. If it's someone driving a Prius or some kind of hybrid or electric car. I'll smile and say not enough. I've seen those conversations not end up well. Some people have a agenda and take every opportunity to tell you how it should be.
Otherwise it's 9 -11 usually.
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