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Old 07-24-2012, 11:21 AM   #79 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
Ultra Gauge fail: gauge said I had used 7.86 gallons over 609.0 miles (77.5mpg). But with my usual method (see fuel log) the pump gave me 9.14 gallons for 67.73 mpg.
Bummer!!

I'm a little leery of what I'll find when I refill for the same reason -- the Insight's factory MPG gauge says I'm on a record tank @ ~96 mpg. But it's always been off by some amount: ~2.5% on 3 of 5 fills, but a off by a whopping 10% on 2 of them. Fingers crossed!
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