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Old 05-29-2008, 05:01 PM   #1
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sycamore, is your actual mileage calculated by miles driven/amount of gas to fill the tank? If so, there are several sources for uncertainty and error, particularly if you are only using a small part of the tank. It's better if you keep track over a whole tank, or even several tanks in a row, and try to fill always to the same point (this is easier with a motorcycle than with a car), at the same time of day, same station, etc. for consistency.
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Old 05-30-2008, 12:33 AM   #2
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sycamore, is your actual mileage calculated by miles driven/amount of gas to fill the tank? If so, there are several sources for uncertainty and error, particularly if you are only using a small part of the tank. It's better if you keep track over a whole tank, or even several tanks in a row, and try to fill always to the same point (this is easier with a motorcycle than with a car), at the same time of day, same station, etc. for consistency.
I didn't trip over the inconsistency too much...but it piqued my curiosity. Once I saw the inconsistency go the opposite way for highway driving, it didn't even bother me any more. I figured there were some issues such as you mentioned that are totally over my head.
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