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Penny routinely gets 30mpg on freeway driving during warm months. 21-23 in town during warm months. That goes a bit lower during cold weather.
She's still cheaper to fill up with premium than my regular-gas-guzzling Bronco alternative.
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The car sat for about 4 hours before I tried to start it again. |
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Heck, that link is for a page from several years ago. Imagine what it is now! Quote:
You case in point is not a good example of a 'good' battery. Batteries off the shelf frequently are very undercharged. One that gets used and charged regularly would be much healthier. Some experts even argue that a battery must be broken in, though I can't attest to that. How much current do coils draw at thousands of firings per minute? (And do you think they draw more or less the faster they fire? ) Seems to me, six small coils could potentially draw much less than a single coil. All the solid-state devices should draw negligible amounts of current. Off the top of my head, the fuel pump is the only other necessary non-solid-state device aside from the instrument cluster, which should also be a fairly low draw unit. Starting the car is indeed an enormous current draw, but if you only start it ten times (and it starts promptly,) you should be okay. A healthy car battery is good for about 80 amp/hours. Over ten hours, that leaves you with eight amps to run everything. That's roughly the equivalent of having your low-beams on. If you shut everything down except the bare essentials, I think you should be able to draw less than eight amps. It wouldn't be hard to test. |
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I still disagree. I've worked at garages too long to believe that you can drive for 10 hours after your alternator dies. I've never heard of anyone making it very far after a complete alternator failure... new battery, old battery, headlights on/off.....doesn't matter. Your electrical system NEEDS two things: an alternator and a battery. Take away either, and you don't have a complete system!
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I realize that the coils use the same amount of energy each time they fire, no matter how often they fire. But an increase in the rate of fire will increase the rate at which the battery discharges! Dave |
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This is the gas station across the street from my office.
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I'll think I pass on that ...
/Sonny
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