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Old 11-23-2013, 04:49 AM   #3 (permalink)
RandomFact314
My Goal: 35 MPG All Day
 
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Location: South Carolina
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1NZ-FE (Year 1) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
Team Toyota
Last 3: 34.02 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 2) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 33.32 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 3) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 35.32 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 4) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 34 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 5) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 26.87 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 6,7,8) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 28.6 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 9,10,11) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 27.8 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 12,13,14) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 33.22 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by aardvarcus View Post
I would suggest driving around or on another road to miss that construction site. Also you could consider mounting high powered magnets under your car front of the wheels close to the nose, to catch the nails before they get into your tires. I know you used to be able to buy a readymade item for that purpose from harbor/northern, but I suspect it would only work good at lower speeds, so you couldn’t go speeding past the construction site.

I don’t know if you are talking about a scan gauge setting or just figuring out your actual mileage, but my tires are also 4% tall, after each tank I just type my mileage into a calculator, and multiply by 1.04, which gives me the correct actual mileage. Same calculation you are doing, just saves some typing.
Haha, I never thought of just multiplying by 1.04, duhhh

There is no way I can avoid it, I deliver for Pizza Hut which is in the same building as the publix, I literally have to drive through this garbage 30 times a day.

Yesterday I had to plug THREE tires in one day. I went to the auto parts store next door to get more plugs and was complaining about having to plug my tires EIGHT times in the past 3 weeks and the guy at the counter said he has had to plug 3 because of it and not only that, I went to put air in my tires and there was a 4 car line to use the pump (ridiculous!) and someone changing a tire in the parking lot.... This is SOOO out of hand. I tried calling Publix and talking to the manager but he told me they cant do anything and that I would have to find a way to contact the landlord, Yeah right.....
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