Monday, August 24, 2015

Determine Your Car'S Actual Mpg (Mpg)

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2. Put in writing the milage of your vehicle with a filled cistern. This Testament be your starting mileages: ex. 47,589.05 miles.


3. Propel approximately as you usually would.


4. When your Gauze cistern is nearing empty fill your vehicle again. This time record how many gallons of gas it took to top off your tank: ex. 11.6 gallons.


5. Before driving again record the mileage of your vehicle with a full tank. This will be your ending mileage: ex. 47952.13 miles.


6. Subtract your mileage at the second fill up from your mileage at the first fill up. This number will be the miles driven between fill ups: ex. 47952.13 - 47,589.05 = 363.98 miles.


7. Divide the number of gallons put in at your second fill up from the miles driven between fill up. This will be your miles per gallon or MPG: ex. 363.98 / 11.6 = 30.3 MPG.


8.This eHow article Testament edify you a easy plan to calculate the actual miles per gallon that your vehicle is getting. You don't demand to hurry gone and pay for a Hybrid. Competent this Reckoning you can scanner and adjust your driving habits and hopefully decrease extent of Gauze you are using. It's good for the Globe and notecase.

Instructions

1. Completely fill your vehicle with Gauze.