Couple of typos in there. That should be "178.1 miles on nearly 15 gallons"
It's amazing what decimal points will do. If I was getting 98 MPG,
(1781/18), you wouldn't see me complaining! :-)
-- -Jon jonsdak@midmaine.com http://jonsdakota.tripod.com 1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 4X4, 3.9L V6, 42RE, 3.92:1 8.25 axle, "BackRack" Headache Rack, Dodge Motorsports decals, steering wheel cover, and front license plate, diamond-plate bedrail covers, Lund VentVisors, Lund BugShield, Jensen MP-3310 CD/MP3 Receiver, Pioneer TS-G1347's in front, TS-A5713's in rear""Jon"" <jonsdak@midmaine.com> wrote in message news:at13ku$lm5$1@bent.twistedbits.net... > > I filled my Dak today, and was dismayed to find after running the > calculations twice, that I've just run through my worst mileage ever on a > tank! 1781 miles on nearly 18 gallons, or 12.24 MPG! > That's with mostly city driving (on tanks of which I usually get 14-15 MPG, > 15-16 MPG mixed, and 17 MPG highway only) > It has been really cold here (hasn't gotten above the teens in days), but > other than that, no difference. My battery does seem to be on it's last > legs though, but I don't think that would do anything to the mileage. It > has been really windy, but a 2.5 MPG drop for wind? > -- > -Jon > jonsdak@midmaine.com > http://jonsdakota.tripod.com > 1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 4X4, 3.9L V6, 42RE, 3.92:1 8.25 axle, "BackRack" > Headache Rack, Dodge Motorsports decals, steering wheel cover, and front > license plate, diamond-plate bedrail covers, Lund VentVisors, Lund > BugShield, Jensen MP-3310 CD/MP3 Receiver, Pioneer TS-G1347's in front, > TS-A5713's in rear > > >
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