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Offline Dec

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Re: What Miles Per Gallon.......
« Reply #20 on: 17 December 2007, 18:52 »
How do you work it out?  :embarassed: crap at maths btw lol

Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: What Miles Per Gallon.......
« Reply #21 on: 17 December 2007, 18:57 »
fill the tank to the neck, jot down the mileage, drive it for a few hundred miles, jot down the new mileage, deduct the old from the new, then fill it to the neck, jot down the amount of litres then...

mpg = (old mileage - new mileage) / (litres / 4.54)
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Offline Dec

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Re: What Miles Per Gallon.......
« Reply #22 on: 17 December 2007, 18:59 »
sweet cheers mate will take a look at mine later in the week :smiley: will fill up and see over the nexy couple of days

Offline dirk

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Re: What Miles Per Gallon.......
« Reply #23 on: 18 December 2007, 22:43 »
i can get about 300motorway miles from £50-60. or about 80miles from a tenner just normal driving although its getting worse at the min.

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Re: What Miles Per Gallon.......
« Reply #24 on: 19 December 2007, 22:42 »
well since iv filled it up iv noted the millage and will do the math later in the week, just driving how i want to, sometimes just normally mostly giving it sum  :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: