Re: Doh
- From: Pete Fisher <Peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:11:33 +0000
In communiqué <6hahi3tb69rig1nc9pji1cuek1qcafsue2@xxxxxxx>, Champ <neal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:26:47 -0000, "Andrew998"
<andrew.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
After riding your slightly undergeared BMW for a few weeks, when you
hop onto your slightly overgeared Ducati, check to see that you really
are in top gear, not fourth.
Ten miles of the M25 done in the wrong gear is not a good way of
burning fuel.
It shouldn't really make that much difference to fuel consumption.
Although the engine turns faster the energy required to do that speed
doesn't change so it uses a similar amount of fuel. The only difference will
be slightly higher mechanical losses at a higher speed but these are often
offset by better thermal efficiency.
I was going to make exactly the same point.
So the only point of an old fashioned car 'overdrive' was reduced noise in the cabin then?
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