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Originally Posted by bluesesshomaru17
You know, IMHO, any of the ones on the bottom, haven't been active at all, no or one tank ... I don't think it should be used for computation.
I would say if there was a way to edit the programming to not use a car in the average if it has less than 3 tanks ... then it will eliminate some of those that could possibly have been a troll entering a low tank, take out someone who signed up a long time ago and never returned ... So there is only 1 tank or less. This way, it doesn't just take out low mileage, but the high ones with one or two tans as well ... so it doesn't mathmatically skew the results higher, but make it a bit more realistic.
I also think the individual car's average should be solely that of the person driving it. That way if they bought an abused car, it doesn't affect that person's mileage, and in the same, a person who drives a little more aggressive doesn't get a bump.
I personally would like to see it top 70 mpg.
I would also like to see what effect something like that would have on all the other cars averages.
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Weeding out low entries would only be fair if we applied the same standards to the high entries as well. For example X sold LiL Red some time ago and no longer posts mileage for that vehicle. Should we erase LiL Red from the database?
Personally I'd like the database to be as truthful as possible. You don't want to give new buyers unrealistic hopes.
As far as the last thing goes people do have the option to only enter their own driving. In fact there is no way you could enter data from a previous owner unless said owner supplied it with the car. It is perfectly OK to start entering mileage at whatever point you start keeping track of it for yourself.