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100,000 fuel-ups!
One thing I'm curious about: What factors affect MPG. Browsing vehicles, it seems like lots of variation in MPG even within same model and year. What else can we glean from the data (or ask users to enter) that will help us learn what habits etc to replicate and which to avoid.
An easy one would be effect of temperature (based on location/date) ... although that wouldn't be useful from a standpoint of improving driving habits ...
posted by KawiGreen December 1, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Awards for improper entry
Sounds like you're entering by odometer reading rather than trip meter reading. So when you entered the second oldest, it thought you got double the miles as you actually did (since the oldest fillup was missing). If going by odometer reading, this miscalculation is bound to happen. The site can't know that you forgot to record a fill-up.
Hmmm actually maybe the site could give a warning that the MPG calculated by a certain fill-up is more than X% above or below your average, and to check your numbers and confirm...
posted by KawiGreen August 28, 2008 at 9:46 AM