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Originally Posted by mcr1010
The wind and terrain seems to affect my mpg the most. We usually drive around 60 mph most times with no toad and get a little better than 10 mpg more or less.
A year or so ago though, we had a strong tail wind in high desert and got an unbelievable mpg. So much so, that my wife took a second look at the gas slip and recal'd the mpg. With head winds of course, which seems like most of the time, just the opposite occurs.
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I find that this is very true. I have a scan gauge in my Vegas and I keep a pretty good eye on it basically out of curiosity.
I can tell you that according to that gauge hills and headwinds cause mileage to take a big hit.
My best mileage was under 65 mph , no generator, not towing and no wind.
That's a big old loaf of bread that we are pushing down the road ! But the Vegas / Axis seem to be pretty slick areodynamically speaking.
Compared to the Chevy based super C I used to drive it is much quieter at speed with much less wind noise.
Pete