Any News Regarding Mpg (auto Vs Manual... Etc)

[Marshall]

They have gotten some first round tests in (I think they used the P5).
#1 it's 400lbs overweight, so that's going to affect results; but I heard on first round they got 81mpg.
Not bad for a prototype that's "fat"

I believe that was the first real world test with the new engine paired up with the prototype. I'm hoping the city gets over 50, even though the target was 49.

 

[wizard of ahs]

Keep in mind..........the AUTOMATIC.........is a manual (computer shifted).

 

[Adamant]

I believe that was the first real world test with the new engine paired up with the prototype. I'm hoping the city gets over 50, even though the target was 49.

I'm hoping that too. It'd be nice if the estimates were on the low side and the actual production car got like 90+ highway/55 city.

 

[Ty]

Beating mileage estimates would be a first

 

[pistonboy]

I am hoping they have dropped the automated manual transmission (AMT) and gone with something different.

I am hoping this is why the cost of the transmission is higher than originally projected.

 

[Coss]

I am hoping they have dropped the automated manual transmission (AMT) and gone with something different.
I am hoping this is why the cost of the transmission is higher than originally projected.

This Auto trans item sounds like it's got your shorts twisted into knots; what make it like that?
I've said automatic all along because I'm disabled; but it's never been that much of an item to lose sleep over.
Just like everything else in life; worry about it when the time comes; it might not be as big of a deal our own minds can make it.

 

[pistonboy]

This Auto trans item sounds like it's got your shorts twisted into knots; what make it like that?
I've said automatic all along because I'm disabled; but it's never been that much of an item to lose sleep over.
Just like everything else in life; worry about it when the time comes; it might not be as big of a deal our own minds can make it.

I don’t believe my interest in the transmission is anything unusual.

I understand there is someone on this forum that is so obsessed with the elgin gauges, he has gone to great effort to come up with replacements and is delighting in someone naming it after him. I do not ask him: “This elgin gauge item sounds like it's got your shorts twisted into knots; what make it like that?”

Nor do I say to him: “Just like everything else in life; worry about it when the time comes; it might not be as big of a deal our own minds can make it.”

 

[W. WIllie]

We will adapt.

 

[Coss]

I don’t believe my interest in the transmission is anything unusual.

I understand there is someone on this forum that is so obsessed with the elgin gauges, he has gone to great effort to come up with replacements and is delighting in someone naming it after him. I do not ask him: “This elgin gauge item sounds like it's got your shorts twisted into knots; what make it like that?”

Nor do I say to him: “Just like everything else in life; worry about it when the time comes; it might not be as big of a deal our own minds can make it.”

The reason the Elgin are of great interest to me because I saw it as a money making opportunity.
There are 4 other items I will also produce.
Being retired and on a fixed income, I have to look for every chance I can find to improve my household situation.

What's your excuse on the transmission?

This is one that I will let you have because you do not know my home situation.

 

[Adamant]

We will adapt.