Not impressed with mpg!!!

[otterhere]

I weigh 104... Nothing in car (haven't even put the drivers' manuals in the glove box yet)... Am measuring from fill-up (when the pump clicks shut) to the first few miles after the fuel gauge starts blinking (I hit the first gas station then) and divide by 10.

Oh, well! Will hope that time takes care of it (have just 148 miles on it so far); thx.

[tetzyamis]

Originally Posted by otterhere

divide by 10.

Divide by 10? Do you fill up 10 gallons?
When I fill up, I fill up before it blinks (when it has 2 out of so many in the gauge).
It's usually around 9 gallons.

Even if you're filling up only 9 gallons and still dividing by 10, it's still bad mpg.
More so, when your Swift could get 38 mpg...

[TinyGiant]

Originally Posted by otterhere

I weigh 104... Nothing in car (haven't even put the drivers' manuals in the glove box yet)... Am measuring from fill-up (when the pump clicks shut) to the first few miles after the fuel gauge starts blinking (I hit the first gas station then) and divide by 10.

Oh, well! Will hope that time takes care of it (have just 148 miles on it so far); thx.

you want to divide the mileage traveled since last fill up by the number of gallons that you put in the car


so if you travel 300 miles and you put in 10 gallons then you have 30mpg

if you approximate that you used 10 gallons you are getting a inaccurate number.. could be off by 3-5mpg.. which makes a big difference..