Sustained high RPM?
I live on flat land with mostly 100km/h speed limits, so never really push the engine that hard.
Thinking about a trip with a canoe on the roof racks down into the land of 85mph limits (WPG-Texas). That's considerably more wind load (mileage sometimes goes from 4.6 l/100 without to 5.6 l/100 with canoe at 100km/h).
Any thoughts on how the Mirage will handle that sort of load for hours and hours at a time? I'm thinking it could be around 4000RPMs.
Any tips on how to help the car out (vary speed? take breaks? wait for a tailwind!) Of course I'll get a fresh oil change and probably won't be running a/c much. I have a scan gauge which can tell me load (but I don't know what to do with that info)
Ideally I'll go slower - maybe 60-70, but don't want to block traffic or put my life in greater danger by going much slower than the flow.
Thanks!
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE 1.2 manual: 45.0 mpg (US) ... 19.1 km/L ... 5.2 L/100 km ... 54.1 mpg (Imp)