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Old 10-14-2008, 03:36 PM   #4 (permalink)
trebuchet03
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1. Punctuation It makes communication fluent for the rest of us
2. As far as fault with fuel pumps... Can't say. For something closer to consistency, fill up at the same gas station and the same pump every time.
3. I agree with the above posts, you really can't estimate how many gallons of fuel you need based on the fuel gauge in your car.
4. Why the short fill up? Fuel prices are going down, wait it out until prices start rising again or until you're on empty
5. Pump meter errors level off over a series of tanks - so if the pump cut off early showing unusually high FE numbers, it will likely level off in the next fuel ups. And visa versa.

Yes, Florida is normally hot.... But we also get rain And rain is just as effective as winter at killing FE numbers - at least that's what I get off the SG
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