Re: [AMC-list] mileage

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
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" On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 07:17, Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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" > we got 23 mpg at 65 on the 700-odd miles from the nc/va line to boston
" > in my gf's '01 cherokee, 4.0, auto.
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" Wow, that's good. Comparable vehicle more or less too.  There's not THAT
" much difference evolutionarily from the 63 Classic to Cherokee, really.
" Besides the obvious (engine, trans) I wonder what the next-biggest hits on
" energy consumption are? Aerodynamics? (Cherokee doesn't look like an ogive
" to me.)

that's why i mentioned it, and it was iirc 1mpg more than epa specs.
the chero isn't quite the brick the wrangler is but it's probably
worse than the averate '60s amc.

iirc, on today's cars at highway speeds, the 4 biggest losses are
aero
drivetrain/chassis/road friction
p/s pump
a/c compressor
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