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Old 08-05-2007, 08:40 PM   #1
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No freakin way!

You won't believe it! I bet someone calls me a liar! Check out my most recent gaslog entry!!!!! Its late, so Im going to sleep!!!!!!!!!!

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Old 08-05-2007, 08:42 PM   #2
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Nice, I bet you'll be doing it without thinking about it before you know it.
(course it was a short tank)
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Old 08-05-2007, 08:48 PM   #3
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I filled up at half tank, so it wasnt really that short. Nearly 300 miles...

I figure I EOC'd about 90 miles out of 298. Diligence!
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Old 08-05-2007, 09:26 PM   #4
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Nice job, congrats!
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Old 08-05-2007, 09:28 PM   #5
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I filled up at half tank, so it wasnt really that short. Nearly 300 miles...

I figure I EOC'd about 90 miles out of 298. Diligence!
Hrrmmmmm, let's take a look :

298 miles / 3.82 gallons = 78.01 MPG

Now, remove the 90 miles of EOC :

208 / 3.82 = 54.45 MPG

Since your previous tanks were in the 50's, the 90 miles EOC definitely shows in the numbers. Were you already EOC'ing in your previous tanks?

Congratulations!

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Old 08-05-2007, 10:10 PM   #6
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WOW nice gotta love the eoc! it really makes you want to hypermile when ya get tanks like that dosent it?
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Nice! I hope that trend stays for more tanks. That is a small amount of gas, so your error is likely high, but no matter what the error is you have certainly improved a ton.
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Nice going!
FWIW, I typically filll up about 4 gal, sometimes about 6. Results are pretty consistent as long as I fill up at the same station. Since I have no Scangauge or SuperMID I like to top off frequently so I can get the "feedback" re. how I'm doing.

So I wouldn't worry that the "short" tank threw off the results.
I think the nice mpg is due mostly to your diligence and hard work.
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Nice job. Congratulations.
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Old 08-06-2007, 01:00 PM   #10
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Any errors would show up in the long term calculations anyway. I don't think short fills are bad, especially if someone doesn't drive often and doesn't have a scangauge since there's no other way of checking their FE.
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