Satisfying numbers

nice, it's only a few mpg's less.

 

After the newness wears off, try comparing your trip meter distance against mile markers or GPS for 100 miles. I found the distance error to track with the MPG error per tank.

Due to an unfortunate puncture, we replaced the original tires with ones whose REVs/mile fixed the indicate miles and speed. It also cured the Indicated MPG vs tank error.

Bob Wilson

 

You may have mentioned this elsewhere earlier, but if you did, I missed. Care to repeat which brand was original and what you replaced them with? With 35k miles already on the OEM Goodyear tires, I'm expecting to need tires soon after our next trip.

 

The error is only ~7%. Enjoy the highs and don't get bummed over the lows.

 

I am running Yokohamas because the Sumotomo was changed and no longer available at 51 psi. But the method is more important.

Tire Rack posts the REVs/mile so I picked the 15" Yoko whose slower turning corrected the odometer error. That also fixed the tripmeter indicated MPG vs tank measured error. Now my GPS and indicated speeds are all but identical.

Bob Wilson

 

Hah. Tanked up last night at my favourite gas station: a Chevron at west end of Barnet highway. Noted odometer, reset trip meter, and headed east. The next km are two are a relentless downgrade, and the speed limit is a modest 80 kmh.

After the hwy: a lot of reasonably level streets at 50 kmh limit. And this is late evening, light traffic.

Engine fully warmed, babying it, using a lotta cruise, rolled into the garage at "displayed" 2.7 litres per 100 km. Which is just nuts: translates to 87 mpg.

As mentioned above, that'll be high by around 7%, and more importantly: has about as much hope of longevity as a snowball in heck.

But as you say it sure feels good.