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Originally Posted by jamesqf
In the short term, though, the single change that would produce the greatest savings is to mandate that every car have a real-time fuel consumption gauge :-)
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Every car should have a trip computer like this.
Average MPG. Instant MPG is only displayed when the car is moving.
Average speed. On this particular trip I did 50 miles at 65mph, 35miles at 55mph and 5 miles in stop and go traffic.
Miles coved.
Estimated miles to empty at average MPG.
This is on a 12 year old Volvo. I think its shameful that every car today doesn't have this kind of display. This base model Volvo 850 wagon 5 speed didn't come with it from the factory. It was optional on higher end models. I found one at the JY and the installation was simply plug and play into the existing instrument cluster.