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bubba
i kno the way you drive it impacts how many miles you get but i was wondering if i drove it fairly easy how many miles could i get in a tank
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Lover not a Fighter
>> 1995
Any car with more than 20K miles will vary greatly from the factory estimate. Factory estimate is completely useless to you. Measure it yourself.
(a) fill the tank to the max
(b) get on the HWY - late night / no traffic hour
(c) drive about 20 to 30 miles (at 55 MPH)
(d) use cruise control - very important
(e) note the EXACT MILES
(f) get off and immediately get gas
(g) note the EXACT GALLONS
Now you can calculate the MPG by
MPG = MILES (step e) / GALLONS (step g).
The reason you start out with full tank is that is the "repeatable" condition. You want to avoid traffic so you
don't use the brakes on the HWY. Braking will negatively affect the MPG calculation. You use the cruise control so
you and eliminate your driving habit as a factor.
Without a good MPG calculation you might be wasting your money chasing ghosts. Also you can repeat this test
anytime you feel like you car is not running right. You can also try the same thing but off the cruise control to
check how much your driving habit affect the MPG. etc.
Good Luck...
Any car with more than 20K miles will vary greatly from the factory estimate. Factory estimate is completely useless to you. Measure it yourself.
(a) fill the tank to the max
(b) get on the HWY - late night / no traffic hour
(c) drive about 20 to 30 miles (at 55 MPH)
(d) use cruise control - very important
(e) note the EXACT MILES
(f) get off and immediately get gas
(g) note the EXACT GALLONS
Now you can calculate the MPG by
MPG = MILES (step e) / GALLONS (step g).
The reason you start out with full tank is that is the "repeatable" condition. You want to avoid traffic so you
don't use the brakes on the HWY. Braking will negatively affect the MPG calculation. You use the cruise control so
you and eliminate your driving habit as a factor.
Without a good MPG calculation you might be wasting your money chasing ghosts. Also you can repeat this test
anytime you feel like you car is not running right. You can also try the same thing but off the cruise control to
check how much your driving habit affect the MPG. etc.
Good Luck...
Q
QTIP
15 city
23 highway
Combine mpg would be about 18 !
23 highway
Combine mpg would be about 18 !