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Old 10-19-2012, 06:24 PM   #8 (permalink)
Diesel_Dave
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Already finding some interesting things. Consider the plot below:

This is 5-day average mileage over several months (date is on the x-axis as month/day). I corrected the data to get the mpg if the temperature was always 60 deg F with no wind.

If I had just been looking at the un-corrected data (red line) going into the fall and winter (Aug through Feb), I would have thought that I was getting worse. But, in reallity, my weather-corrected mileage was getting better that whole time!

Also, I could have looked at that period in late March and thought that somethin I'd done must have caused a big spike in mileage. In reality, it was just a brief spring warm-up that went away.
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1 Year Avg (Every Mile Traveled) = 47.8 mpg

BEST TANK: 2,009.6 mi on 35 gal (57.42 mpg): http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...5-a-26259.html



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