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Old 10-20-2008, 01:51 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Matt Herring View Post
daycfg... i cant take credit for the pov ecause it was motivated by another ecomodder but i will take credit for the term free miles...i think it puts it in laymans terms and really makes people think about what 1000 or 2000 or 5000 free miles means to them. it might be 50 freetrips to work or 20 free trips to taking their kids ack to college after holidays. whatever it means to them...its personal and i think it means mora than percent over epa to someone not fully comitted to what we do every day. dayday
Hrmmmmmm, let me redo this. Putting my calcs into the "free miles" POV :

New (Ecomodder) MPG : 40+
New fill-up Miles : 40 MPG * 5.5 gallons = 220 Miles

Old (pre-Ecomodder) MPG : 30+
New fill-up Miles : 30 MPG * 5.5 gallons = 165 Miles

220 miles - 165 miles = 55 free miles per tank.

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Now, let's look at a year. I project about 20,000 miles this year :

20,000 Miles / 40 MPG => 500.00 Gallons
30 MPG * 500.00 gallons = 15,000 Miles
20,000 Miles - 15,000 Miles = 5,000 FREE Miles per year.

Orrrrrrrrrr, to make a short story long, for every 3 miles I drive, I get one mile for free, .

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