boyelectric
Veteran Member
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- Apr 28, 2000
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- Utopia Planitia
"Mileage" vs. "MPG" vs. "Mile range" vs. "Miles per tank"
I keep seeing people referring to maximizing your "mileage" or "MPG" by making sure you fill up your tank 'all the way' using the vent trick.
Clarification: Mileage (MPG) will NOT increase by adding more fuel or less fuel. The measurement is specifically independent of total quantity of fuel (miles PER gallon).
Conversely, "miles per tank" is another way of saying "Mile range." This is a figure that is entirely dependent on how much total fuel you have. Neither of these are MPG!
Further clarification: to better assess MPG, one must figure the miles traveled across several consecutive tanks of fuel... this eliminates the issues of how much or little it was filled up at each fueling stop. The more consecutive fillups in a row, juxtaposed against the total miles travelled, the more accurate your numbers.
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I keep seeing people referring to maximizing your "mileage" or "MPG" by making sure you fill up your tank 'all the way' using the vent trick.
Clarification: Mileage (MPG) will NOT increase by adding more fuel or less fuel. The measurement is specifically independent of total quantity of fuel (miles PER gallon).
Conversely, "miles per tank" is another way of saying "Mile range." This is a figure that is entirely dependent on how much total fuel you have. Neither of these are MPG!
Further clarification: to better assess MPG, one must figure the miles traveled across several consecutive tanks of fuel... this eliminates the issues of how much or little it was filled up at each fueling stop. The more consecutive fillups in a row, juxtaposed against the total miles travelled, the more accurate your numbers.
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