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Old 04-15-2011, 04:37 PM   #5 (permalink)
Clev
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Yorba Linda, CA
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The Clunker (retired) - '90 Honda Accord EX sedan
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90 day: 29.49 mpg (US)

Mountain Goat - '96 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 SuperCab
90 day: 18 mpg (US)

Zippy - '10 Kymco Agility 125
90 day: 65.03 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by dennyt View Post
Your title reminded me of Jevon's Paradox:
Jevons paradox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On this site, we are all focused on that almighty MPG number. Perhaps we should be comparing gallons per month instead!
Good point. One of the reasons that living so far away was an option was that I had sold my Ranger and bought a Metro that was getting 40-42 mpg (didn't know how to hypermile back then.) I was getting better mileage, so I moved farther away and continued to consume the same amount of fuel.
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