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stephen30 23 November 2003 12:24 PM

Someone posted this MPG calculator on here a few months ago. The url is http://javascript.internet.com/equiv...r-gallon2.html

Steve :cool:

Jza 24 November 2003 11:49 AM

FFS...

Fill car to MAX

Reset trip miles

Drive around till car nearly empty.

Note Mileage

Fill up to MAX again... note Litres.

Divide mileage by litres.. then multiply by 4.546 (l/g)

e.g

200 miles / 45L * 4.546 = 20.20mpg

Jza

austen_wrx 24 November 2003 11:52 AM

easy calculation to do in your head when driving off the forecourt is 50 litres = 11 gallon

greasemonkey 24 November 2003 03:47 PM


do you have to have octane booster for import cars...
If you don't use it (or get the car remapped for UK fuel), you are running greatly increased risk of the engine spontaneously (and expensively) combusting, as the knock correction on most JDM cars simply isn't designed to cope with our pump petrol.
Similarly buying a car that has been used for a while in the UK on pump fuel alone and without a KnockLink fitted is a big risk, as it might have been detting itself to the point of oblivion.


ps what does JDM mean???
Japanese domestic market.

kentscooby2 24 November 2003 04:14 PM

it's a worry that people can remember to divide by 4.546.
why not multiply by a slightly more memorable 0.22?
whats more, this is do-able on a fag-packet when bored in a service station having just emptied your wallet on optimax.

Phil Harrison 25 November 2003 05:31 PM

Much easier than all these methods, if you want a very close approximation.

Now: 25 mpg is as near as makes no difference 5.5 miles per litre. Providing you started with a full tank and have now refilled to the cut-out - divide the miles by the litres and see how close to 5.5 you are! (or 5.0 in an STi).

In ordinary use Scoobs should do around 25 mpg (5.5mpl), STis (7&8)about 22.5 (5.0mpl), i.e 10% less.

And for most Scoobs ordinarily driven, the fuel light will come on around 250 miles for STIs and 275 for ordinary Turbos (i.e. @ 50 litres used out of 60).

Yep, of course there'll be exceptions - but the above is a useful rule of thumb for most 'everyday' users.

Phil

vfg 25 November 2003 06:12 PM

1 UK gallon = 4.54596 liters. The easiest way is to say 5 liters = 1.1 gallons (this is accurate to better than 0.015%) which is much better than either your odometer (mileage meter) or the garages fuel pump.

Calculations are then easy

Number of miles since last fill
MPG = ------------------------------- !
Number of liters X 0.22



kinky 25 November 2003 11:15 PM

I've got a spreadsheet (123 and Excel formats) which calculates it all for you.

You just drop in the current mileage, cost and number of litres, and it works out all sorts - MPG, average MPG, MPL, L/100KM, etc, etc, etc .....

Drop us a PM.

K

[Edited by kinky - 11/25/2003 11:19:43 PM]

paul w 25 November 2003 11:21 PM

Easiest way i reckon is run it to the warning light and i always put in 27.24 litres,6 gallons,set ya trip and hope for 120 miles before ya c ya light again if ya lucky you'll c 150 on a run,never fill it to the top cos if it gets nicked there gonna have some fun.

Paul


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