04-24-2008, 12:22 AM
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compratore di alfa
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Bay Area, CA
Posts: 4,887
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Originally Posted by sh0rtlife
ive checked the MPG on it atleast 8 times in the past 2 years and its always in the same range...
someone will yell at me but i drove from tacoma to portland keeping up with a bmw m3 turbo jetta and 2 other cars...turned a 4 hour drive into a 2 hour drive ..and i STILL managed 28 mpg and we were holding speeds of 90-110+.....was MUCH fun  |
There is something amiss in the equation; possibly your reliable Alfa electronics (speedo, speedo sender, gauge, etc.). At 90 - 110mph (which is NOT smart, but we're not talking about that yet), the car is just sucking down gasoline, just guzzling it. There seems to be after a certain speed, say around 75 - 80, that these cars just start guzzling gas. Since you have no 6th gear, your engine at those speeds would be turning 4 - 5k rpm. This is definitely not in the economical range.
Oh! Is it a hybrid conversion???
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