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8128 miles Per (US) Gallon

Posted by timothy on from the how-many-oil-changes-is-that dept.

idletask writes: "Yes, you read well. This is the new record established this year in the Shell International Mileage Marathon (NOTE: English link, their figures are calculated using UK gallons), held this year on June 1st and 2nd on the Circuit of Nogaro, by a team from Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France. This yearly contest, sponsored by Shell since 1977, consists in travelling the longest distance with only one liter of gas (the record is therefore actually 3494km with 1 liter), at a minimum pace of 25kph (~15mph). Full results of the contest can be found in a PDF file. The only US team who participated this year scored 69th, with 1136mpg (483km with 1l)."

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  1. Go U.S.! by tchdab1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The only US team who participated this year scored 69th, with 1136mpg (483km with 1l)."

    Yes, but the US team's Sport Utility Test Vehicle pulled an ultralight trailer with a teeny boat on it.

  2. Measurements by Wrexen · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know some of you are having a tough time with the miles-per-gallon or kilometers-per-liter measurement, so I've taken the liberty of converting this to a useful measurement we can all relate to.

    Simply put, 483km/1L is 1.2425 x 10^-6 earth-moon distances per cubic centimeter of fuel. I think that puts in it perspective

    1. Re:Measurements by uradu · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm afraid the standard journalism unit of measure is the length of a football field. How many football fields would that be?

    2. Re:Measurements by Mathness · · Score: 2, Funny

      Guardian: How many football fields would that be?
      King Arthur: Europian or American?
      Guardian: What? I don't know *screams as he is flung into the abyss*

      --
      Carbon based humanoid in training.
  3. 1136mpg by martin · · Score: 3, Funny


    typical US gas gusler :-)

  4. Missing rule by rakarnik · · Score: 3, Funny

    From the pictures, it looks like one rule was left out.

    The car shall fit non-midgets such that they do not need back surgery after the journey.
    --
    Genebrew