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I squeeze near a gallon into my tank after the auto fill has stopped and always fill to the same height in the filler tube. To empty before refilling I drive 75km after the low gas warning light comes on to maintain continuity with fill ups
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I also fill to max capacity and typically at the beginning of a trip that is longer than 10 kms. However I have to endure rural life with garages that are not 24 hour unless I take a detour off of my path. lol There is one section of my commute where I dont have ready access to a garage for nearly 45 kms, therefore I bounce between 3 garages.
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Many people beating their EPA averages are cheating. On Ecomodder there's no break down of the percentage of city vs highway use. Someone who does 90% highway driving will easily get a Hypermiller status tag vs someone who only drives in the city.
It would really be a 'I drive mostly on the highway club'.
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If you were to look at my path to and from work you would notice that I have over 70 kms of highway out of a total of 100, but luck would have it the my urban/ rural driving only includes a dozen of one cycle lights. due to the time of day that I get to work, I am able to get through most without stopping.
Unless I get screwed by bad commute times I can actually get better MPG's in my rural and urban sections than I do on the highway.
Remember your parents telling you that they had to walk uphill in snowstorms both ways to get to school.... I have to drive both ways with a 10 to 30 km direct headwind.
North east in the morning, south west in the afternoon. Apparently I chose to live 100km on the wrong side of Halifax. I live southwest of Halifax..and some days it sucks watching the fuel rate go from 6.3 or less LPH to 7.5 plus the moment I get on the highway on those windy days.
I am convinced that the winds are causing me my greatest pain. BTW I can not slowdown too much on the highway to compensate. it is only one lane each way with the odd passing lane up hills.