Path: ...!eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jim Wilkins" Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: O/T - diesel car - "modern" car why extra 30+percent fuel consumption? Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 11:55:28 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <5qr99h9tmcbvqpjd7io0tugsrkgimm0m5j@4ax.com> <1cuc9htvq7qm4vamqsefgvedd7i6m0bpu9@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="UTF-8"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2022 15:56:35 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="21dccafb0e52ea9d621e0e50d8100bc3"; logging-data="12715"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/lmxAn0+0MpPCu46/DjQJoOC8+14q8elM=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:vPyKBH6zO1VlrvfWfNkVcD0hock= X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3505.912 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3505.912 Importance: Normal X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 220601-8, 6/1/2022), Outbound message X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Bytes: 3103 X-Original-Lines: 2 "Joe Gwinn" wrote in message news:oere9h1jttrhl4f80k9k73nbpe0i8130ti@4ax.com... On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 00:07:52 -0400, Mighty Wannabe <👩ðŸ?½â€?âš•ï¸?👨â€?âš•ï¸?👮👨ðŸ?¿â€?🚒👷@ðŸ?».ðŸ??🎖ï¸?> wrote: >Joe Gwinn wrote on 5/31/2022 4:26 PM: >> On Tue, 31 May 2022 14:14:14 -0400, Mighty Wannabe >> wrote: >> >>> Joe Gwinn wrote on 5/31/2022 1:01 PM: [snip] >>> My portable GPS unit is definitely correct because the speed from that >>> portable GPS unit always corroborates with the speedometer readings in >>> all the vehicles I have driven. >> The standard calibration approach is to use measured one-mile markers >> on selected highways. No electronics involved, so clean and direct. >> >> Joe Gwinn > >You'll have to use a stopwatch to time it, then calculate the mile per >second, then convert to mile per hour. That will be a really tedious >task if you don't use a calculator. So you are wrong. Electronics will >be involved. Umm, not so fast. Simply check that the car's odometer shows the same number of miles traveled as the highway mile-markers indicate. No stopwatch or calculator needed, mechanical or electronic. Joe Gwinn --------------------------------- The odometer is mechanically coupled to the wheels but an analog speedometer isn't, and they may not agree. https://www.howacarworks.com/accessories/how-a-speedo-works