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My last two tanks were both 49.7 mpg, over a total of 750 miles. I hit slow traffic entering Denver and ABQ, and discovered long gradual downhills going into both places, which really helped my mpg efforts. Plus the last fill was a little short (no sense giving the car rental place a full to the brim tank), to compensate for the likely short tank I started with.
That brought my overall average for the trip to 43.37 mpg over 3586 miles. If I throw out the two outlier tanks, my avg mpg rises to 45.05 mpg! I'd say a Kia Rio is a definite garage candidate in my future.
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Darrell
Boycotting Exxon since 1989, BP since 2010
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin
Mean Green Toaster Machine
49.5 mpg avg over 53,000 miles. 176% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
Last edited by SentraSE-R; 06-03-2010 at 01:16 PM..
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