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Originally Posted by johnson@crocker.com
First 300 miles with Basic MT avg is 45.7 mpg. light traffic, hypermiling, nothing over 65 mph, hilly, but light footed.
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I'm curious as to how you arrived at that number. I'm not trying to say I don't believe you...if it is correct, I will be thrilled!
The reason I ask...the tank should last longer than 300 miles so I'm wondering how you calculated.
My (albeit very unscientific) method is to fill the tank all the way, until it won't take any more and reset the trip odometer. I then wait until I get really close to empty and refill all the way again. I then divide the trip odometer number by the exact amount it took to fill the tank.
I am not expecting gas mileage miracles, but it would be nice to average 35 mpg. I do about 70% highway and 30% city. I am wondering how much the high revs at 80 mph will hurt my highway numbers. That will be a seperate test down the line, once the car has about 5000 or 6000 miles on it.