Ferrari Mailing List: Re: NFC: Robert - what gas mileage do you get?

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

No clue on the mileage but lack of knowledge never stopped me frtom posting 
before. :-P

One point to consider: drag goes up with the SQUARE of velocity


--- On Wed, 5/20/09, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> wrote:

> From: Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org>
> Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Robert - what gas mileage do you get?
> To: "rolindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 12:16 PM
> All this talk about fuel efficiency, etc., got me wondering
> about
> something a bit off the previous topic:
> 
> Robert:  Corvettes are known for being relative fuel
> misers.  But
> physics is physics and it has to take a bit of petrol to
> run those
> open road races.  What kind of mileage do you get at
> 145mph?
> 
> I'd guess somewhere around 6 - 8 mpg.  Close?
> 
> Hans.
> 
> 
> >
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