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Old 08-13-2013, 04:00 PM   #7 (permalink)
jared1970
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
You're in luck: there is an MPG gauge for non-OBD-II cars. Check out the MPGuino. If you can find a fuel injector wire and the VSS wire, you're in luck.

Can't beat instant/resettable trip average fuel consumption feedback for fine-tuning your game.

The coasting issue does sound very strange. Wild guess: maybe the car's feeding in a small amount of power when you lift off the accelerator at speed for smoother transitions? A MPGuino would confirm/bust that lame-brain theory.
A trip odometer would be great, since the car doesn't have one. I hate having to write down the odometer readings between fill ups, so much more convenient to just use a trip meter.

As for the weird deceleration when shifting into neutral, the only thing I can think of is maybe the car shifts out of overdrive for some reason when shifting out of drive. Not sure, it really is odd. I've never had a car that did something like this.
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