> How are you guys obtaining these mileage figures?
>
> For years I have kept a notebook or the receipts
> with the ODO reading scribbled down - are you guys
> that meticulous?
>
> BTW - I'm not buying *any* mileage claims until I see
> some documentationm first!
>
> RF Jim

Well, having just bought the cars, we were curious as to the mileage.

I fill the tank.. I reset the trip odometer.

Next time in a gas station, I fill the tank, note the gallons used.
Note the value on the trip odometer (miles since last fillup).
Divide miles traveled by gallons used.
Reset the trip odometer for the next time.

I kept a notebook for the first few weeks, don't bother
with it much anymore. I still reset the trip odometer with
every fill-up.  Having two trip odometers available in
addition to the regular one makes this pretty easy.

Knowing that this is the piclist, I anxiously await a method
that uses fewer steps. 8^)

Lyle


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <jvpoll@DALLAS.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [OT]: Gas & taxes (was Online electronics store)


>
>     "Our ability to manufacture fraud has exceeded
>      our  ability to detect it."
>
>      - Al Pacino as Viktor Taransky in the movie 'Simone'
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Prosser" <Richard.Prosser@ENERGY.INVENSYS.COM>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 3:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [OT]: Gas & taxes (was Online electronics store)
>
>
> > We're consistantly acheiving 42mpg (imperial) around town  in our 1987 /
> > 200,000km Subaru Justy .
> > But again - long trips are not the most comfortable!
> > Richard P
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > My wife and I recently bought two Chevy Prizms.
> > These are basically Toyota corollas with a
> > domestic nameplate.
> >
> > We easily average in the high 30 MPG's with
> > the air conditioner running almost always. I
> > am NOT known for my miserly driving style.
> >
> > I find 40 a very believable number.
> >
> > Of course, I don't go looking for Mustangs
> > or Ferraris to race, either.
> >
> > Lyle
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim [mailto:jvpoll@DALLAS.NET]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:14 AM
> > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> > Subject: Re: [OT]: Gas & taxes (was Online electronics store)
> >
> >
> > Lawrence:
> >             "I saw 40MPH highway all the time"
> >
> > This I could believe.
> >
> > "40 MPG" I would have to see your gas receipts and
> > mileage figures.
> >
> > RF Jim
> >
>
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