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ChadTower:

A good beating is in order.  Any beaters in the thread?

shmokes:

--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on April 09, 2008, 03:22:12 pm ---
(if anyone does the math to figure out mpg, remember that theres generally 1.5 gallons left in the tank when I fill them up.)


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FYI, You don't have to guestimate about anything when figuring out MPG.  It's easy to figure out exactly how many miles per gallon you got. 

Next time you fill up your tank, make sure you top it off. Reset your tripometer.  Now drive for a while.  Doesn't matter if you use the whole tank or a quarter of the tank.  Go back to the gas station and fill up the tank again, make sure you top it off.  Check how many gallons you put in.  Now look at your tripometer.  Divide the number of miles on your tripometer, by the amount of gas you just put in your tank, and you know exactly how many miles per gallon you your car got.

NiN^_^NiN:
I know you can get a 2.5l Ford Probe GT or a mazda mx6 for $600 i see it alot on probetalk.com (i have a probe)

They are great cars good on gas and nice looking

They also have a 4 banger version aswell if you want even more savings

check out you local places or www.probetalk.com you could get a very nicely done one for $2000 and under sometimes

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: shmokes on April 09, 2008, 08:05:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on April 09, 2008, 03:22:12 pm ---
(if anyone does the math to figure out mpg, remember that theres generally 1.5 gallons left in the tank when I fill them up.)


--- End quote ---

FYI, You don't have to guestimate about anything when figuring out MPG.  It's easy to figure out exactly how many miles per gallon you got. 

Next time you fill up your tank, make sure you top it off. Reset your tripometer.  Now drive for a while.  Doesn't matter if you use the whole tank or a quarter of the tank.  Go back to the gas station and fill up the tank again, make sure you top it off.  Check how many gallons you put in.  Now look at your tripometer.  Divide the number of miles on your tripometer, by the amount of gas you just put in your tank, and you know exactly how many miles per gallon you your car got.

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Yup, I do that pretty often.  I just figured I'd throw the disclaimer out there since I know someone would of calculated the numbers I stated and said how horrible the milage is.  When I originally thought it was odd the two cars seemed to use the same amount of fuel was actually when I burned a quarter tank going to my parents and back, so I only knew the rough percentage of the fuel used was the same in both cars.  This was before my first fillup, so I ended up looking in the manual to see how big the tank was because I figured it was pretty close in size to the GTO's, obviously I was wrong.

ChadTower:

You won't know exactly - the tank size doesn't tell you how much gets stored in various places outside of the tank itself.  Nor does it tell you exactly how much the tank can store.  Ever put 11.5 gallons into a "ten gallon tank"?  My car supposedly has a ten gallon tank and I consistently put more than ten gallons into it even when there is still enough in there to get me around.

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