I think my V6 is getting horrible mileage
10-10-2003, 10:13 PM
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if you want to get a better idea of what your MPG is you should
-fill up all the way
-note the milage
-drive like you usually do
-at around 1/4 tank, fill up to full again
-note the extra milage
since you're going from a full tank to a full tank the gas pump will tell you the exact amount of gas that you've burned since your last fillup. then just do miles/gallons (obviously) and you can stop guessing your MPG and actually calculate it.
On a typical drive from home to school, ~390 miles one way (no its not a commute :P) i usually get there on one full tank with the guage bouncing from just above the 'E' line and the 1/4 line. I usually do ~80 and have A/C on most of the time. when I fill up it usually ends up ~13.5 and 14 gallons.
i don't know what's going on with the camarov6 registration. i reg'd in a day. then again that was over a year ago....
you should email the admins.
-fill up all the way
-note the milage
-drive like you usually do
-at around 1/4 tank, fill up to full again
-note the extra milage
since you're going from a full tank to a full tank the gas pump will tell you the exact amount of gas that you've burned since your last fillup. then just do miles/gallons (obviously) and you can stop guessing your MPG and actually calculate it.
On a typical drive from home to school, ~390 miles one way (no its not a commute :P) i usually get there on one full tank with the guage bouncing from just above the 'E' line and the 1/4 line. I usually do ~80 and have A/C on most of the time. when I fill up it usually ends up ~13.5 and 14 gallons.
i don't know what's going on with the camarov6 registration. i reg'd in a day. then again that was over a year ago....
you should email the admins.
Last edited by morb|d; 10-10-2003 at 10:15 PM.
10-11-2003, 09:50 AM
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Originally posted by morb|d
if you want to get a better idea of what your MPG is you should
-fill up all the way
-note the milage
-drive like you usually do
-at around 1/4 tank, fill up to full again
-note the extra milage
if you want to get a better idea of what your MPG is you should
-fill up all the way
-note the milage
-drive like you usually do
-at around 1/4 tank, fill up to full again
-note the extra milage
, I always just put in the same dollar amount roughly every week. How do you pay? Just give them more then you know you need and get change or what.
10-11-2003, 11:17 AM
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Originally posted by OutKlast
How do you pay? Just give them more then you know you need and get change or what.
How do you pay? Just give them more then you know you need and get change or what.
what? Where did that come from, and to what are you referring?
10-12-2003, 08:13 PM
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"I've never filled up all the way , I always just put in the same dollar amount roughly every week. How do you pay? Just give them more then you know you need and get change or what."
isnt he referring to how you pay for a full tank of gas?
isnt he referring to how you pay for a full tank of gas?
10-13-2003, 06:35 PM
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Filling up isn't a real exact science either, I put in 12.5 gallons when it was above 1/4 of a tank. I drove about 30 highway, 15 city miles filled it up again, sort of I don't know I put some more in and it came out to 22.6 mpg.
10-14-2003, 11:43 PM
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Originally posted by kevin 2.8
"I've never filled up all the way , I always just put in the same dollar amount roughly every week. How do you pay? Just give them more then you know you need and get change or what."
isnt he referring to how you pay for a full tank of gas?
"I've never filled up all the way , I always just put in the same dollar amount roughly every week. How do you pay? Just give them more then you know you need and get change or what."
isnt he referring to how you pay for a full tank of gas?
10-15-2003, 03:24 AM
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i don't know what century you guys live in east of here, but every gas station i've ever filled up at in california makes you pay before they turn on the pump. 
i usually just use my CC so i don't have to go in at all.
i usually just use my CC so i don't have to go in at all.
10-15-2003, 07:32 AM
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Originally posted by morb|d
i don't know what century you guys live in east of here, but every gas station i've ever filled up at in california makes you pay before they turn on the pump. i usually just use my CC so i don't have to go in at all.
i don't know what century you guys live in east of here, but every gas station i've ever filled up at in california makes you pay before they turn on the pump.
i usually just use my CC so i don't have to go in at all.
