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    Loremo

    157 mpg for the economy model!
    Last edited by KvHagedorn; 24 April 2006, 15:32.

  • #2
    87mpg for the "sporty" version..

    I suppose the unit measurement l/100km makes things easier to visualize for those accustomed to metric, but conversion to mpg is a pain. The formula is 235.2146/x.

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    • #3
      looks cute, but there is no way I can fit in one of those comfortably
      We have enough youth - What we need is a fountain of smart!


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      • #4
        Originally posted by KvHagedorn
        87mpg for the "sporty" version..

        I suppose the unit measurement l/100km makes things easier to visualize for those accustomed to metric, but conversion to mpg is a pain. The formula is 235.2146/x.
        The USA being out of step with the rest of the world again? A much more sensible unit of consumption would be apothecary's drachms/furlong, wouldn't it? At least l/100 km is a linear unit. If you have two cars with consumption of 1.5 l/100 km and 15 l/100 km respectively, you know one consumes 10 times as much juice as the other going drom A to B. If you express it in mpg (157 and 15.7 respectively) the figure goes down as the consumption rises, which is counter-intuitive.

        I love the Imperial linear measurements, they are so simple:
        1 statute mile =

        0.33333333 leagues
        0.86897624 UK nautical mile
        0.86842105 international nautical mile
        7.3333 cables
        8 furlongs
        44 bolts
        52.8 Gunter's chains
        80 Ramden's chains
        264 ropes
        320 Rods, poles or perches
        880 fathoms
        1760 yards
        2112 paces
        3520 cubits
        5279.9894 US survey feet
        5280 imperial feet
        8000 Gunter's links
        7040 spans
        15840 hands
        21120 palms
        63360 inches
        760323 lines

        So why use anything as complicated as metres and km, cm, mm?
        Brian (the devil incarnate)

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        • #5
          Originally posted by KvHagedorn
          Loremo

          157 mpg for the economy model!
          I'd simply love a 2 cyl diesel throbbing just behind my lug-holes and behind the passengers', as well, as they sit arsey-warsey. Notice no aircon available for that greenhouse. I may be an environmentalist, but not to that point, when it can get to over 45 deg C here in summer
          Brian (the devil incarnate)

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          • #6
            My car doesn't have AC either, and neither the driver or passenger side windows roll down anymore. Summer is always fun.

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            • #7
              It's odd the diesel thing came up:

              I know one of our local lawn service people; he uses a tank of seed/fertilizer/weed-killer which is dispensed through a pump which is powered by a small engine... this year I couldn't hear the engine so I walked over and asked him what he had changed. He showed me his new direct injection diesel powered pump. It is a two cylinder jobbie which you could barely hear at 10 feet. The pump was noisier than the engine. Diesels have come a long way since the 80's and 90's.
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              • #8
                They look cute, but I find it odd that the rear passengers sit facing the wrong way.

                I wonder what fuel consumption you'll get with an air conditioning on. I mean, the engines are low in power, and an airconditioning takes a bit out of it.


                Jörg
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                • #9
                  I know this was just a protoype, but how about Opel Eco-Speedster from 2002:

                  Saving can be so fascinating: At the Paris Motor Show the Opel Eco-Speedster technology concept impressively demonstrates the potential that exists in a combination of advanced driveline technology, sophisticated aerodynamics and systematic weight-saving construction. The world premiere of this spectacular prototype marks the start of the biggest diesel campaign in Opel's history.


                  It has a 1,3L turbo diesel engine putting out 82kw (112 hp), has a top speed of 250 km/h and still only uses 2,5 L / 100 km under normal driving.

                  Diesel engines have come along way and is very advanced and powerfull today (i'm driving a diesel my self, so i know ).
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Brian Ellis
                    1 statute mile =

                    0.33333333 leagues
                    0.86897624 UK nautical mile
                    0.86842105 international nautical mile
                    7.3333 cables
                    8 furlongs
                    44 bolts
                    52.8 Gunter's chains
                    80 Ramden's chains
                    264 ropes
                    320 Rods, poles or perches
                    880 fathoms
                    1760 yards
                    2112 paces
                    3520 cubits
                    5279.9894 US survey feet
                    5280 imperial feet
                    8000 Gunter's links
                    7040 spans
                    15840 hands
                    21120 palms
                    63360 inches
                    760323 lines
                    That's just scary!!!
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                    ASUS Vivobook S400CA: Intel Core i5 3317U (1,7-2,6 GHz), 8 GB RAM (DDR3-1600), Intel HD4000, 1 x 500GB HDD, 14" touch-screen (1366x768), Windows 8.1 64-bit.

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                    • #11


                      wonder what mileage this contraption gets..

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                      • #12
                        Is that a Kabinenroller?
                        There's an Opera in my macbook.

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                        • #13
                          Nope, that is a Messerschmitt Tiger. This is the 4 wheel version of the KR200 reversed trike...
                          Hey, Donny! We got us a German who wants to die for his country... Oblige him. - Lt. Aldo Raine

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                          • #14
                            So I was almost right
                            There's an Opera in my macbook.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by tjalfe
                              looks cute, but there is no way I can fit in one of those comfortably
                              exactly what I thought when I first saw it, instantly felt pain in my neck - would it really be that hard for them to bump up the roof just a little? I'm sure the aerodynamics/mpg wouldn't suffer that much
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