On Feb 7, 8:30 pm, wrote:
On 6 Feb 2007 22:49:47 -0800, "riverman" wrote:





On Feb 7, 1:24 pm, "riverman" wrote:
On Feb 7, 12:40 pm, wrote:

This NASA gal drives 900 miles in diapers so she wouldn't have to
stop...er, OK...what the hell is she driving, a gas tanker...with a
REALLY good gas gauge? Eh, maybe she's just stupid...

Your comment appreciated...stuff the links,
R

That being said, I still think she sounds a bit high maintenance.

D-oh. My reading comprehension ain't what I think it is. You were
apparently commenting on the range of her vehicle, not that she was
wearing diapers...funny that I missed that.

Is it that unusual to have a vehicle that has a range of 900 miles?
Something with a 26 gallon tank that gets 32+ mpg could easily do it.
I once had a diesel Jetta with a 28 gallon tank that got 45 mpg...I
filled that baby up each year on my birthday.

Um, care to guess what 26 x 32 might equal?

You forgot to carry the "+", but you got me. Mea Culpa, sloppy
math...I meant to imply the type of car that gets mileage in the lower
30s, but I wouldn't give myself partial credit for what I wrote.

Still, you got my drift, I see. ;-)


IAC, there aren't many "cars" (and I include most pickup trucks) that'll
go 900 miles, and really, Houston to Orlando would probably take more
gas than a pure, simple 900 mile range, assuming the 900 mile range was
based upon a constant 60 mph/120 kph-ish speed. Few "high mpg" type
cars have large tanks - fuel is heavy, and more fuel means more weight,
and more weight means less fuel economy.

I know I've commented on this before, but its amazing the difference
in vehicles used inside and outside the US. Of course, in Congo I did
not keep up with the current trends in automobiles, but in Latvia the
roads were filled with very fuel efficient vehicles where 900 miles
(1440 kn) would not have been unresonable for some of them. I had a
4WD SUV that averaged 32-35 mpg, with a 4-cylinder engine and a 24
gallon tank.

You could be completely right that there aren't many cars in the US
that have a 900 mile range. I am curious what she was driving...do you
think she really was able to do the drive nonstop? If not, what was
all that diaper stuff about?

--riverman