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No love from "goose-ing" the throttle
I don't want to shoot down anything yet, but I've tried a tank of "jackrabbit starts" (pre scangauge) and I'll tell you that it burns a heck of a lot more fuel in the long run than normal acceleration. Maybe if I was going on the freeway for an extended period of time that might work, but usually I am only going a mile or two before having to stop for something. I can verify this from my scangauge, from about 20-60 MPH I can see anything from 3-5 MPG (75% throttle) or 12-22 MPG (15% throttle). Without directly measuring the volume that has flowed, I can't say conclusively, but given the chance (and a fat foot), this Jeep can eat a gastank quickly. Hope this helps more than confounds anybody
- Andrew
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