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04-22-2002, 12:04 PM | #1 |
Radical Centrist
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4/22/2002: 264 MPG car
264 MPG? Yep, in a Volkswagen vehicle that's experimental but not all that far-fetched. Their goal was only 235 MPG -- or, in terms practical for their engineers, 100 km per 1 litre. And they achieved it - in the real-world conditions shown above. The VW is extremely light, at 639 pounds, but does include ABS and driver's airbag. (There is a passenger seat - right behind the driver.) It'll even do 75 MPH (120 km/h). The gas tank carries about a gallon and a half of diesel. The full story. |
04-22-2002, 12:25 PM | #2 |
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Bad ass.
Most high-mileage vehicles these days don't seat too many anyway. A friend of mine has a Honda Insight - 2 guys in there, period. It's a commuter car and that's it. Great if you have to drive 140 miles every day. Other than that, you want something else. I can definitely see a market for these things. The question, however - how safe are they? |
04-22-2002, 01:14 PM | #3 | |
retired
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04-22-2002, 03:07 PM | #4 |
Rapscallion
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Strange...
Why is the VW the only car in this picture without it's headlights on?
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04-22-2002, 05:35 PM | #5 |
cellar smellar
Join Date: Oct 2001
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So how many of the following vehicles are part of the caravan monitoring this car's progress? And what's the average KmPL when you take them into consideration? :p
For that matter, what's the KmPL when you turn the headlights on? :p |
04-22-2002, 06:17 PM | #6 |
Master of the Domain
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: AZ
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those other cars are blockers
You have to protect a car that small by surrounding it with normal-sized vehicles, or it could end up stuck in the tire treads of some SUV.
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04-22-2002, 07:58 PM | #7 | |
Infamous Defamer
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Re: 4/22/2002: 264 MPG car
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Then again, it does say that they drove it to this presentation at an average 75k/hr (but at somewhat less than 1L per 100k !), which isn't exactly rocketing along (speed limit in here in NZ is 100k/hr on open road, I usually do 100k/hr if I see a cop and 115k/hr if I don't :-)). |
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04-23-2002, 03:06 AM | #8 |
Semi-Evil Genius
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Please notice also that this car does not have side mirrors as they add wind resitance, and they probably are not needed because a single rearview mirror would suffice in such a small/narrow car.
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04-23-2002, 08:17 AM | #9 | |
not really bart
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"...the reinforced plastic outer skin conceals a space frame constructed from magnesium, which is even lighter than aluminium." and a good deal more dangerous in the event of a fire, I might add. Remember grade 8 chemistry? http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft...ES/MAGCO2.html |
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04-23-2002, 01:23 PM | #10 | |
Lurking in the Shadows
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http://www.blackholeinc.com/Library/93%20June.html Forgot to add: look for "Pyromania!" about two-thirds of the way down.
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