An Unexpected Benefit
About a year ago, my wife inherited her mother's 5 year old Chev Equinox with only 12,000 miles on it. For those same 5 years we have been towing a Mazda Miata behind a 30 foot Chevy chassis Coachm...
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In dash MPG calculators are notoriously in-accurate. I don't have one and would not use it if I did. Simple spreadsheet with columns for all the info.
My Winnebago View shows 17.539 mpg over 17 fillups and about 4000 miles. Those are the numbers since I bought it.
My '91 Ranger pickup now has 296K+ miles on it and I started the spread sheet in late 2011. Since the beginning of the spreadsheet, has put on 34,133 miles, and 121 fillups (it is basically an extra vehicle) and averages 24.559 mpg which gets down to 20 mpg on tanks where I pull the 5x10 lawn type trailer. This thing just about cannot get out of its own way.
My '04 Pontiac Vibe was the reason for the spreadsheet. It gets individual tank full calculations all over the map, because it is difficult to consistently fill it, so from when I purchased it, I have driven it 117,605 miles with 403 fillups and average 32.280 mpg.
You want numbers, a spreadsheet and diligence in keeping numbers and receipts is the way to go.
Charles
My Winnebago View shows 17.539 mpg over 17 fillups and about 4000 miles. Those are the numbers since I bought it.
My '91 Ranger pickup now has 296K+ miles on it and I started the spread sheet in late 2011. Since the beginning of the spreadsheet, has put on 34,133 miles, and 121 fillups (it is basically an extra vehicle) and averages 24.559 mpg which gets down to 20 mpg on tanks where I pull the 5x10 lawn type trailer. This thing just about cannot get out of its own way.
My '04 Pontiac Vibe was the reason for the spreadsheet. It gets individual tank full calculations all over the map, because it is difficult to consistently fill it, so from when I purchased it, I have driven it 117,605 miles with 403 fillups and average 32.280 mpg.
You want numbers, a spreadsheet and diligence in keeping numbers and receipts is the way to go.
Charles
