Community Brainstorming for the Next-Generation Mileage Database
#14
Re: Community Brainstorming for the Next-Generation Mileage Database
Agreed - do not purge old data - the value lies in the depth of data. I don't see any changes required for the Next-Generation Mileage Database; Jason enjoy the summer before college.
#15
Re: Community Brainstorming for the Next-Generation Mileage Database
Originally Posted by doppler
I second (third?) the request for an option to post both "calculated by real-world tank" and "computed" MPG averages. Maybe after a few months of collecting such data, we can work out those discrepancies.
Of course, that manual calculation method assumes you fill the tank to exactly the same level each time, which may not be true. However over time the averages will be accurate.
BTW: On a similar topic, I recently put in gas w/o filling the tank, so I just included those gallons in the calculation, and kept the milage total going until I could completly fill the tank. All OK but now the stats show I have a 22 gallon tank and average of 16.8 galls/tank (even though the tank is theoretically 17 gals, I never run it that dry ! )
Last edited by Jason; 05-30-2005 at 11:28 AM.
#17
Re: Community Brainstorming for the Next-Generation Mileage Database
>>> Be sure to include the gasoline 'grade' is possible. I've noticed higher MPG when using 89-octane over 87.
I recently suggested someting similar to Jason, but will also post it here for public view:
When entering tank data I'd like to include fuel price paid, the particular gas station, (beginings of a gasprice survey?), the grade and brand of fuel (including (seasonal) additives) etc to see if there is any corrolation between those variables and the MPG
I recently suggested someting similar to Jason, but will also post it here for public view:
When entering tank data I'd like to include fuel price paid, the particular gas station, (beginings of a gasprice survey?), the grade and brand of fuel (including (seasonal) additives) etc to see if there is any corrolation between those variables and the MPG
#18
Re: Community Brainstorming for the Next-Generation Mileage Database
>>> Als as I've mentioned before, more choices for percent of traffic and highway.
Agreed
I've often wondered why the highway/city dropdowns are separate rather than a single/combined dropdown - is it possible to have 66% highway *and* 66% city ??
Agreed
I've often wondered why the highway/city dropdowns are separate rather than a single/combined dropdown - is it possible to have 66% highway *and* 66% city ??