On 10/11/2018 13:36, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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On Saturday, 10 November 2018 11:16:21 UTC, alan_m wrote:
On 10/11/2018 08:08, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

So its not as heinous as it sounds to simple minded greens, but keep
that under your hat...

It is no surprise that hybrid company fleet cars never get charged - the
drivers are mostly selfish salesmen on expenses. Why should they care?

It is as bad as it sounds if the stated average per gallon was 40 miles.

Remove the batteries, reduce the weight and the mileage per gallon would
have been greater!

Weight doesn't make all that much difference to the mpg unless you do a
lot of stop start driving.

At cruise speed the weight of the vehicle really only affects rolling
friction ever so slightly. Wind resistance is usually dominant at speeds
above 55mph unless your car is extremely low and streamlined.

it's funny how people call 40mpg green when diesels do 60.


Even funnier when people talk about MPG out of context.

Most seem to quote the best MPG their vehicle has ever achieved. Not the
worst, or even the average.

The lifetime average of my diesel is 61.4mpg on 162k miles travelled.

Admittedly it spends a lot of time on motorways but about 10% on very
twiddly country roads too. The best it can manage is 80mpg at a steady
50mph on motorways which is what it did when I moved a 10" lathe.

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Regards,
Martin Brown