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Originally Posted by Xist
Fuel gauges are discussed here: 8 Gadgets That Lie to You Every Day | Cracked.com
In the last fifteen years, I believe that is the second comment I have read about only partially filling the tank in order to save gas. One gallon of gas weighs 6.073 pounds ( Gasoline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), so if I only half-filled my 11.9-gallon tank, I would shed 36.134 pounds. My Civic weighs 2,519 pounds, so I would reduce the weight by 1.43%. The general rule of thumb is that for every 2% of weight you lose, you increase fuel economy 1%, so that would be ≈ 0.715%, and a 50 MPG tank would become 50.36.
Of course, we do plenty of modifications with smaller results. |
I use to own a mustang that would have squeaky shocks if the tank was less than half full.
At this time in our economy convenience>consumption so gas always full tank for me