Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:43:05 +0200 From: Greg Farris <farrisnospam.org> Subject: Re: Gas Consumption
In article <4539d4cd$0$11074$fa0fcedbnospam.zen.co.uk>, thedervmannospaml.com says... > > >"SmaartAasSaabr" <smaartaassaabrnospaml.com> wrote in message >news:1161391771.986000.244870nospam2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> >> Junkyard Engineer wrote: >>> Something weird with my '06 9-3 Aero sport combi. Driving at 100 Km/h >>> gives >>> around 12 l/100 Driving at 120 Km/h gives 11 l/100 and 130-140 average >>> gives >>> 10 l/100. Those numbers comes from 2 runs : one of around 1800 Km in 2 >>> days >>> and the 600 Km today. >>> >>> The fastest you go, the less gas you take. Crazy. At 140 Km Rpm is around >>> 2300. That might explain things a bit. >>> >>> Any other explanation ? like my computer is crazy ? >> >> That is calculated milage from fillups or is it from the SID? >> >> In any case, Saab likes to drive around 130-150 not 100, this is a >> performance car not a VW Beetle ;> >> >> I notice on the old 900 it does like 100 km/h for economy, but I go >> 130-150 anyway. The V6 with the tall gearing like you have probably is >> working more efficiently at such speed. > For those who wish to convert between the European l/100km and the US MPG, you can simply multiply by .00425, then take the inversion. Since it's an inversion, the same operation works in both directions. So the 12, 11 and 10 l/100 mentioned above, become 19.6, 21.4 and 23.5 MPG respectively. As a simple mental calculation, remember that the two scales are approximately equal at 15. 15l/100=15MPG. Away from this number, they go in opposite directions, so 7.5l/100= about 30MPG (31.4 really) and 7.5MPG also equals 31.4l/100. GF
