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Old 12-20-2019, 09:23 PM   #22 (permalink)
Mustang Dave
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Trigger - '07 Ford Mustang V6 Premium Coupe
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90 day: 32.76 mpg (US)

Big Red (retired) - '89 Ford F-250 4wd Custom
90 day: 18.13 mpg (US)

Big Red II - '13 Ford F-150 FX4
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I never trusted one-tank fill-ups for accuracy. I used four fill-ups. ...
I agree. A single fill-up over 33 MPG may be due to exceptional circumstances; or it may be due to a short fill. It doesn't establish a trend.
6 consecutive fill-ups over 33 MPG could possibly indicate a trend.
(Then cold weather and Winter fuel arrived.)
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The presence of traffic is the single most complicating factor of hypermiling. I know what I'm going to do, it's contending with whatever the hell all these other people are going to do that makes things hard.

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