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gone-ot · 07-25-2012, 12:00 PM

..."idling" absolutely "KILLS" your fuel economy numbers!

MPG = MILES / GALS

...so that when you're stopped, the MILES-number stops incrementing but the GALS-number continues to increment, resulting in the MPG-number going down, down, down.

07-25-2012, 12:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
gone-ot ...beats walking... Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: . Posts: 6,190 Thanks: 179 Thanked 1,525 Times in 1,126 Posts	..."idling" absolutely "KILLS" your fuel economy numbers! MPG = MILES / GALS ...so that when you're stopped, the MILES-number stops incrementing but the GALS-number continues to increment, resulting in the MPG-number going down, down, down.