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christofoo · 07-25-2012, 02:01 AM

I borrowed my neighbor's elderly F150 to haul a playset home for the kids. The tank looked full at the outset, so I topped it off at the end. 28 mi / 0.93 gal = 31 MPG, although my error bars have got to be quite large on a fillup that size. I even wonder if it's possible for the pump to have made a totally erroneous stop, although that has never happened to me before.

I was being somewhat moderate with his truck, 1.5X combined EPA is typical for my "moderate" hypermiling mode (moderate = not quite as much EOC P&G). I think the truck is a 7th gen, not really sure, so 1.5X would probably land me in the 20-25 MPG neighborhood. Then again, I didn't check his tire pressure, so 1.5X might be optimistic.

I told him I might have got 30 MPG, he said "no, that truck gets 8 miles per gallon."

"Not today."

"Oh, that's right, you're the guy who gets good gas mileage."

I hope I'm not just bragging, anyways.

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christofoo Master EcoModder Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 292 00C - '00 Toyota Corolla 90 day: 43.54 mpg (US) Thanks: 147 Thanked 190 Times in 73 Posts	I borrowed my neighbor's elderly F150 to haul a playset home for the kids. The tank looked full at the outset, so I topped it off at the end. 28 mi / 0.93 gal = 31 MPG, although my error bars have got to be quite large on a fillup that size. I even wonder if it's possible for the pump to have made a totally erroneous stop, although that has never happened to me before. I was being somewhat moderate with his truck, 1.5X combined EPA is typical for my "moderate" hypermiling mode (moderate = not quite as much EOC P&G). I think the truck is a 7th gen, not really sure, so 1.5X would probably land me in the 20-25 MPG neighborhood. Then again, I didn't check his tire pressure, so 1.5X might be optimistic. I told him I might have got 30 MPG, he said "no, that truck gets 8 miles per gallon." "Not today." "Oh, that's right, you're the guy who gets good gas mileage." I hope I'm not just bragging, anyways. Last edited by christofoo; 07-25-2012 at 12:55 PM..