[AT] OT: Gas story

[Ronald L. Cook]

Only 18.9 mpg with your Jeep?  Goodness!  I routinely get 3-400 mpg with 
my jeep.

Oh!!!!.........your Jeep is not ON the trailer.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

Larry D Goss wrote:
> Right on, Ken.  My drinking buddy (coffee at McDonald's with a PhD in 
> Chemistry) and I have been laughing about this thread for the last week. 
> You're right. A 1% difference in volume is about the most you could expect 
> under the most adverse circumstances. But even those circumstances are not 
> likely to occur.  If it was, those semi's full of gasoline would be 
> exploding all over the place prior to delivery to the service stations 
> (vapor pressure and all that jazz).
> 
> As for the difference in mileage from Flying J, you're going to find more 
> differences in fuel consumption from the differences in additives than 
> anything that is caused by a temperature change.  As my drinking buddy says, 
> "When you add an alcohol to gasoline (regardless of the source) your gas 
> mileage is going to go down because there are fewer BTU's per gallon."
> 
> Now the question is: Do you trust a drinking buddy?  :-)
> 
> FWIW, I got 18.9 MPG last week on a two-day trip across country in my Jeep 
> while towing a loaded trailer at turnpike speeds.  I used Flying J unleaded 
> regular all the way.  I don't feel like I have anything to complain about 
> with that record.