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Old 05-31-2011, 06:14 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by minAirForce View Post
Got an question. New to this. When people are doing their mileage performance checks, do they factor in E10 vs E0 fuels types. E10 gas has less energy per gallon.
I shouldn't presume to speak for others on this, but I'm pretty sure the performance is:

Total miles / total gallons

If you start futzing with "equivalent amount" figures, then you open the door for lots of bad math and bad data. You can even get to the infamous 100 MPG Mustang that way. (Hint: Run E85 and only count the gasoline burned; it's not hard to get to 100 MPG that way.)

-soD
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