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Old 11-10-2011, 12:04 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by wind.zero View Post
  • Fill up your fuel tank all the way
  • Reset the trip odometer
  • Drive your car as you normally would and let your fuel tank deplete
  • Fill up your fuel tank all the way again
  • Record the amount of fuel it took to refill the tank
  • Look at the number of miles on the trip odometer
Here comes the tricky part ....

Divide the number of miles on the trip odometer but the number of gallons/liters off your fuel receipt. This yields your MPG or MPL.

Bingo! I remember my grandpa kept a little book in his shirt pocket for JUST calculating MPG. Some times the new way isn't the best way.
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