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25th May 2019, 08:36 | #1 |
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How fast would I have been going?
I know the digital displays are not 100% accurate so I think this is more "fun" than factual.
Yesterday the range display, how many miles I could go with the fuel I had, was counting down a mile every 15 seconds. This seemed awfully quick. How fast would I have had to have been going? MPG was showing 43mpg. Lets assume I was doing 43mpg and the range was going down by a mile every 15 seconds. My mind is blank on how to work it out macafee2 |
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60 mph is a mile a minute.
Therefore a mile covered in 15 seconds equates to a speed of 240 mph. Sent from my SM-T813 using Tapatalk
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You have put a mile covered in 15 seconds but it was not my mileage trip going up a mile every 15 seconds but my fuel range was going down every 15 seconds. Is it still 240mph? macafee2 |
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No, not 240 mph.
The fuel range depends on how much throttle you are giving your car. Lots of throttle= low range per tank full. Light throttle= large range per tank full. Or per gallon if you prefer.---- |
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Must have been going full throttle uphill on a cold engine in a massive headwind on under-inflated tires.
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dash cam said 70 mph, cruise control set, engine hot, flat or incline but not a hill of any significance. so lets go on the flat, hot engine, enough throttle to do 70, wind????? macafee2 |
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Range also varies in direct proportion to gallons remaining in the tank and fuel consumption.
Furthermore, gallons remaining is a function of speed, elapsed time and MPG so unless you're a whiz at differential calculus, you're stuffed. Does that help? - probably not! |
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