What's the BEST MPG someone has gotten so far? Anyone hit magic 50 mark?
07-13-12, 03:31 PM
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I've been able to get 50mpg on my commute home if I stay below 65 mph. Depending on the inclines of the fwy I can get better mileage. I was driving on the 15 going to LAs Vegas and I was registering between 72-80 mpg for a few miles.
07-15-12, 04:27 AM
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Alright... math time:
So I filled up yesterday after driving 383.4 miles (low fuel warning light came on) and it took 8.407 gallons to fill until the automatic shut-off clicked on the gas pump.
Last fill-up was also until it clicked, no "topping off"
Therefore: 383.4 miles on 8.407 gallons of gas = 45.605 miles per gallon, "click-to-click"
Display was reading 47.3 AVG MPG for this tank of gas, which is 1.7mpg higher than "actual" mpg value, or an error of +3.594%.
If I was actually getting 47.3 mpg, it should have only took 8.106 gallons until the pump clicked off. Even considering the error factor of the automatic shut-off on the gas pump, I don't imagine it to be off 0.3 gallons.
Let's see how this next tank full of gas does...
So I filled up yesterday after driving 383.4 miles (low fuel warning light came on) and it took 8.407 gallons to fill until the automatic shut-off clicked on the gas pump.
Last fill-up was also until it clicked, no "topping off"
Therefore: 383.4 miles on 8.407 gallons of gas = 45.605 miles per gallon, "click-to-click"
Display was reading 47.3 AVG MPG for this tank of gas, which is 1.7mpg higher than "actual" mpg value, or an error of +3.594%.
If I was actually getting 47.3 mpg, it should have only took 8.106 gallons until the pump clicked off. Even considering the error factor of the automatic shut-off on the gas pump, I don't imagine it to be off 0.3 gallons.
Let's see how this next tank full of gas does...
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