| Subject: | Re: [subaruvanagon] Why reduce engine speed -- vacuum guage -- small car header |
| From: | Andrew Grebneff |
| Date: | Sat, 20 Jul 2002 13:50:41 +1200 |
>On some fancy shmancy cars, there are gauges telling you your mileage at any >moment. Those are just vacuum gauges. > >I'm tellin ya, on long hills, try third gear at half throttle rather than >fourth gear floored. You will get better mileage. The vacuum gage measures inlet manifold vacuum. In NO WAY does this reflect economy. It is NOT a consumption gauge, as Australian magazines found out. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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