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Old 02-15-2012, 02:18 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JRMichler View Post
Try cross plotting temperature against gas mileage. Temperature on the horizontal axis and gas mileage on the vertical axis.
Okay, here you go:


40 deg F change results in about a 20% change in mileage. So mileage changes 1% for every 2 deg change. That's pretty significant.
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