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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
I'd give it a few tanks to establish a calibration factor. It might be off by a bit, even if you did tell it your engine size and everything. However, if the SG reports you're getting >50mpg, then you're doing something right!
It's good to hear you're having success with driving style alone. You should look in to a few mods that would complement your driving style, like a grille block and a kill switch.
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Thank you, I took this advice heartily, and I've been calibrating, as you recommended, and the way that other people recommended here. Whether necessary or not, I adjusted the percentage half-way with each fill-up. So if I filled up 10.5 gallons, and the gauge thought 9.7 gallons, I would adjust the gauge on fillup to 10.1 gallons. I kept doing that, and after the first time or two, I got accurate, and my last couple fillups haven't needed adjustment at all.
I've also put on a grill-block, and took off my rear-view mirrors, (which I then covered with fiberglass). It looks kind of shoddy, but I suppose it helps, somewhat. I take off my roof-rack routinely, when not in use and just put it in my trunk. Now that it's summer, I use it enough that I at least want it in the car.
I also ordered a detachable side-view mirror that's normally used for boating, I guess, but figured it'd work for my car, where it's legally required (I am going on a road trip and one of the states I'll be passing through requires this driver's side mirror).
With that said, I got 56mpg on the way home from work yesterday. Getting over 50mpg both ways isn't always possible though. (Now that my gauge is calibrated), but I'm still doing good. I'd say on average, I break 50 on the way home, and get in the high 40s on the way there.
I haven't tried to average out my MPG everywhere else though. I do try to watch my MPG, but kayaking brings me all sorts of places, some close and some far, on the weekend.
I'm just happy that my work commute is being optimized, fuel-wise. That's really where most of my driving is, anyway.