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Old 06-30-2008, 11:21 AM   #4 (permalink)
groar
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scenic - '01 renault scenic
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missed the 40mpg but proud enough for the result

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Originally Posted by groar View Post
I'm currently at 850km and the "empty tank" LED is always off, so I will achieve better than 40mpg :-) this is 14% better than that EPAcombined (745 km for 50l) and 21% better than what I think I was doing (700 km).
It took time because I didn't drive a lot last weeks...
Isn't it the best way to hypermile ? ;-)

Finally the "empty tank" LED switched on at 891km (554m) and I refueled at 911km (566m). What is strange is that usually the LED is on before the 50l (13.2g) and I refueled 54l (14.3g).

Denis.
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