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Originally Posted by Arminius
75 mpg. The wind and the hill info are not necessary for the computation.
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You just proved the article is right. Suppose 50 miles. At 50 mpg you use 1 gal and at 100 mpg you use 0.5 gal. Total fuel for the 100 miles trip is 1.5 gal which turns out to be 66.6667 mpg.
I'm a Canadian, but an ambiguous one I guess. I measure long distances in km, but anything below 100 m will be in feet. I measure large volumes in liters, but anything below 1.15 liter will be in ounces. I'm consequent with weight though, tons and pounds all the time, but I guess I should be using the metric system...
Anyway, I really don't like L/100km. I don't know why, maybe because it does not vary much. A change from 7.5 to 6.5 L/100km doesn't sound like much to me. 31 mpg to 36 mpg speaks a lot more IMHO.