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Old 06-02-2014, 12:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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900+ miles on one tank!

Yes I did it! 908 miles! It was tough and tiring. So I drove from northern Ms to Minneapolis,MN. Left at 2 am arrived at 8:30 pm

200 miles into my trip I was only averaging 41 mpg and I said to myself I won't make it at this rate. The highway I was on was flat I'm used to hills where I coast in neutral down them. So I said let me try P&G and see what happens lo and behold every 100 miles I gained 2.5 mpg on my tank! Obstacles I encountered were unknown road work and detours that weren't in my directions also went through a couple towns. I also got pulled over once. It was a speed trap, anyway I only stopped 3 times for food and restroom breaks. When I arrived my gas hand was actually below he E haha. I will add that I forced a half gallon of fuel after it clicked when I filled up to better my odds of making it. I did add a half gallon to my calculations to make the mpg avg correct

I doubt highly I will do this good on the journey home because it was very tiring and I'll be taking a different route home to avoid said road work and detours.

I will add I only ran the A/C for about 30 minutes

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Old 06-02-2014, 10:26 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Good job! So what was the net trip mpg then?
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Old 06-02-2014, 10:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 06-03-2014, 02:27 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Wow, 900 miles!!! I'm SO impressed! I thought I'd really done something when I hit 800.

Very, VERY well done!!!
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Old 06-03-2014, 02:27 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Yeah 50.87! Pretty proud to keep that up for such a long trip
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Old 06-03-2014, 06:52 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Wow 900+ miles!! Must be time for the Toyota jump!!

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Old 06-03-2014, 09:58 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Haha yes, thanks!

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