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Old 05-27-2011, 06:32 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Had the UG calibrated and reading within a tenth and this past tank was pure in-town which still netted 37.37 mpg, but the UG read 38.1 mpg.

This tank was also the first time a tank has lasted me a full month so I am wondering about the possibility of evaporation stealing my mpg's!


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Old 05-27-2011, 07:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Had the UG calibrated and reading within a tenth and this past tank was pure in-town which still netted 37.37 mpg, but the UG read 38.1 mpg.

This tank was also the first time a tank has lasted me a full month so I am wondering about the possibility of evaporation stealing my mpg's!
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