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Tire sizing odometer modifier?

This would also be nice for people that use slight different sized winter tires. I'm going to have this problem when I put my winters on. They are about 2.5% larger, so this will effect my MPG.
posted by tommyz October 16, 2011 at 8:37 PM

Popular Mechanics Article discusses use of Neutral Gear

This maybe one of the reasons automatic transmissions are now getting better mileage than manual transmissions. I'm sure there are other additional reasons, but it is probably a contributing factor.
posted by tommyz March 27, 2011 at 2:43 PM
Keep the car in gear. Just put your display on current (instant) MPG and you will see that if you go into neutral the display will go blank, meaning you aren't getting any miles to the gallon.

But, if you stay in gear you will see the MPG shoot up to 99.9 MPG(their way of saying the fuel is shut off.)
posted by tommyz March 27, 2011 at 2:41 PM