I'm lucky if I get 350 miles out of a tankful! 
Gas milage computer!
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Metro Atlanta Georgia
Gas milage computer!
I haven't reset my average mpg meter in more than 6 or 8 tank fulls. It has been reading 20.6- 20.8 the whole time. About 800 miles of this is freeway miles so it takes a long time to change even 0.1 mpg. This morning on the way to work in less than 2 miles the mpg jumped to 24.6! 
Has anyone had a similar experience? I reset it to see what happens next.
Has anyone had a similar experience? I reset it to see what happens next.
Le Mans Master
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From: Ft. Lauderdale Fl
Originally Posted by gdaddee
I haven't reset my average mpg meter in more than 6 or 8 tank fulls. It has been reading 20.6- 20.8 the whole time. About 800 miles of this is freeway miles so it takes a long time to change even 0.1 mpg. This morning on the way to work in less than 2 miles the mpg jumped to 24.6! Has anyone had a similar experience? I reset it to see what happens next.
Has anyone had a similar experience? I reset it to see what happens next.
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On the highway, mine reads 32.00 or higher depending on the actual road.
I have gone over 500 miles on one tank.
I have gone over 500 miles on one tank.
Melting Slicks
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From: Sebastian Florida
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I think he is talking about the jump in MPG, what happened is the mileage counter used by the computer only goes to 999.9 miles, so when it starts back over at 0's it started recalculating like you had just reset it. Atleast, that is what I was told when mine did the same thing.
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Racer
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From: Metro Atlanta Georgia
Originally Posted by Randy93
I think he is talking about the jump in MPG, what happened is the mileage counter used by the computer only goes to 999.9 miles, so when it starts back over at 0's it started recalculating like you had just reset it. Atleast, that is what I was told when mine did the same thing.
Thanks for the input. That could be it.
Melting Slicks
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From: Atoka Oklahoma
St. Jude Donor 06
Originally Posted by Mr Mojo
On the highway, mine reads 32.00 or higher depending on the actual road.
I have gone over 500 miles on one tank.
I have gone over 500 miles on one tank.
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Originally Posted by okies93
what're driving a neon? if you are getting 500 on a tank then i really need to change my plugs
Averaged 34.1 for the first 380 miles.
I've manually caculated the MPG against the computer and it's usually within +- .1
