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Oct 9, 2012 | 06:08 PM

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Incorrect
. Ppl are claiming MPG at speed ....by using the trip comp.. totally inaccurate..flame fully okd lol

Oct 9, 2012 | 08:37 PM

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ok cool i will try this just to see what my true gas mileage is, Ive just been going off the trip computer and my own calculations, i am not going to pay attention to the stupid meter again

I reset the MPG counter every time I fill, I calc off that. It's within .2 MPG. It even works for track days.

Oct 9, 2012 | 08:38 PM

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That's the only way it works.
Continued resets.

Oct 9, 2012 | 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by terrasmak

I reset the MPG counter every time I fill, I calc off that. It's within .2 MPG. It even works for track days.

So the mpg counter is accurate, just not the trip computer measuring how many miles you have left according to how much gas you have in?

Oct 10, 2012 | 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by stuartc323

You obviously didnt read the thread. it says mileage at high speed. Learn to read before you try to flame.

KMA. This thread was hijacked a long time ago and degraded into yet another worthless discussion of short term mileage based on the trip computer. Title of the thread be damned.

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Oct 10, 2012 | 03:44 AM

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So the mpg counter is accurate, just not the trip computer measuring how many miles you have left according to how much gas you have in?

That part is correct.

Oct 10, 2012 | 11:41 AM

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KMA. This thread was hijacked a long time ago and degraded into yet another worthless discussion of short term mileage based on the trip computer. Title of the thread be damned.