Thread: Over 40 mpg?
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Old 05-13-2008, 08:13 PM
rburt07 rburt07 is offline
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Default Re: Over 40 mpg?

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Originally Posted by scmjem View Post
Are people talking about the MPG the car says you are getting or what you calculate yourself? My car says I get between 40 - 41 MPG however my calculations have never come out to more than 38.5. I am only on my 4th tank.
I have that same exact problem. The display shows about 2 to 3 mpg higher than what I calculate. I may start using my 1" boards and place them under the on the low side wheels on the passenger side. This might work better during a fill up. I notice my car always leans out from the pump and is not level. One night late I placed a long level down and it took a 1" board to make it level. I did the board thing for years with the '03 Corolla and the '06 Ford 500. I do remember getting some .3's and .5's difference in the readout vs the calculator.

My wife don't like placing the boards, but she does like this car being a fume burner compared to some the old carburated cars we had.
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