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Old 06-27-2012, 11:09 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BHarvey View Post
The problem with this method, is, say you have a 11 gallon tank.... and you have a +/-.25 gallon error
200/5=40mpg
200/5.25=38.1
200/4.75=42.1

VS.
400/10=40mpg
400/10.25=39mpg
400/9.75=41mpg

See the difference? Half the error when doing full tank.
Was I at least right in saying that the first half tank is the most efficient or was this an error?

Also, I tried accelerating briskly as others mentioned here and it still dropped my mpg even with the above mentioned margin/error in mind.

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