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True it was a slight cheat as part of the drive was slight downhill..
I was out and getting on ramp (two lanes) truck lumbering in right so I WOT it to pass and enter freeway.. The reset mpg meter.. cruised along at 60/55..
Couple of miles, another freeway, couple of miles get off and BAM! 44.7mpg
Sometimes it is a big suprise.. (like a watched pot never boils?)
I am at 800 miles..
Got off freeway with 44.7.....
Then at light mpg drops a lot.. from the freeway off ramp up a steep hill another light, then a turn to a flat causeway..
On that I was going 35mph (5th gear) and the mpg was at 40. then 40.1 then 40.2
What that means to me is the car is using LESS gas than 40mpg right then.. so it is boosting the totals .. fantastic.
So I tried again. The usual 33mpg on the freeway.. So it was a total fluke.
I was out and getting on ramp (two lanes) truck lumbering in right so I WOT it to pass and enter freeway.. The reset mpg meter.. cruised along at 60/55..
Couple of miles, another freeway, couple of miles get off and BAM! 44.7mpg
Sometimes it is a big suprise.. (like a watched pot never boils?)
I am at 800 miles..
Got off freeway with 44.7.....
Then at light mpg drops a lot.. from the freeway off ramp up a steep hill another light, then a turn to a flat causeway..
On that I was going 35mph (5th gear) and the mpg was at 40. then 40.1 then 40.2
What that means to me is the car is using LESS gas than 40mpg right then.. so it is boosting the totals .. fantastic.
So I tried again. The usual 33mpg on the freeway.. So it was a total fluke.