Reasonable MPG or not?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by edmscan

That is entirely possible .. the climate here is probably very close to Winnipeg, in fact we are further north than Winnipeg. This is the reason many Canadians travel south in the winter time. The rocky mountains are no where near Edmonton and they really don't affect our climate near as much as what happens in Calgary. But we do the cardboard thing in front of our radiators as it just makes our cars easier to start in the winter and makes them warm up faster.

Interesting. It sounds as though re starting and smooth running that 'every little bit helps' and staying running or not isn't directly tied to the wind. Re listening to my friend's story, I thought the frequency and the speed of the wind might have a crucial effect on whether a car could continue to idle and run in an upper U.S. Midwest climate and parts of Canada north of that area with similar terrain. Off the top of my head. I remembered that there is quite a bit of difference between the Calgary to Canmore distance and the Edmonton to Jasper distance, but I had forgotten that the latter is over 3 times the distance of the former. Off the top of my head I would have been able to draw the 'sort of' triangle between Calgary, Edmonton, and Regina...and I would have been able to plot Red Deer at its location between Calgary and Edmonton and Saskatoon's location between Edmonton and Regina, BUT I wouldn't have been able to state what the latitude of Winnipeg is in relation to Regina and Calgary. If I'm going East I'm usually able to tell (without measurement) if I'm going SE or NE, but when driving from Regina to Winnipeg (for some reason) I didn't get any such feeling. I would imagine that during a winter in Canada it might be safer to drive in an urban area than it would be under the same conditions in a rural area because (among other reasons) there would more help for motorists. I would think this difference would be further exacerbated if the rural area was in Montana rather than Alberta.