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Old 05-17-2006, 07:44 PM
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Thumbs up Re: Best mileage at beginning of tank?

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Originally Posted by Jason
It seems that every time I fill up, I'm at about 55 MPG 50-100 miles in. Then, I start to gradually decrease until I end up about 48 or so. Is this common for you all, too, or is it just the fact that I tend to fill up on weekends and then let my economy plummet during the week?
As a suggestion, try keeping the weekend mileage separate from the weekday mileage:
  1. top-off late Sunday
  2. top-off Friday
There are techniques that work on the weekend that don't work on the work week. You'll find that you're driving patterns will change and adapt to maxize performance of each style of driving.

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