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Great EB fuel milage with a little cheat!

Old 06-15-2013, 05:28 PM
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Default Great EB fuel milage with a little cheat!

Took a little 200+ mile trip this morning and WOW what mileage! 25 MPG, cruise set at 70 with two 8 mile 60 mph stretches on a little 4 lane road.
I did cheat a bit, I filled up on REAL GAS. Gas with no methanol in it. It costs 15 cents more per gallon than prem unleaded but the numbers speak for themselves!
I took a pic of the guage cluster but don't know how to post pics here. I have the pic saved in my puter but I'm helpless beyond that. If any of ya want to see, just tell me what I need to do to post it.
Old 06-15-2013, 05:35 PM
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Open a photobucket account and then upload and then you can you use link to post. Mine Eco is avg around 13mpg
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Old 06-15-2013, 05:51 PM
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I hope this works
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Yep just have to clink the lil box with pic and put the link like this.
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Im pretty sure we can all thank the Corn Lobby for our ****ty EtOH enriched fuel.
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That is pretty good. Was there any wind or drafting? I have found that cruising 40-60ish produces the best mpg.
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No wind to speak of and no drafting either. I just set the cruise for 70 and let her go. In the pic I had just breaked for a slow down and hit resume on the cruise working my way back to 70.

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[QUOTE=benelli;2801221]No wind to speak of and no drafting either. I just set the cruise for 70 and let her go. In the pic I had just breaked for a slow down and hit resume on the cruise working my way back to 70.[/ What was your average before
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[QUOTE=jalarsn@att.net;2987506]
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No wind to speak of and no drafting either. I just set the cruise for 70 and let her go. In the pic I had just breaked for a slow down and hit resume on the cruise working my way back to 70.[/ What was your average before
he resumed cruise control, not reset the average mileage...
i can get 45+mpg coming back from the store, it's all downhill
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[QUOTE=jalarsn@att.net;2987506]
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No wind to speak of and no drafting either. I just set the cruise for 70 and let her go. In the pic I had just breaked for a slow down and hit resume on the cruise working my way back to 70.[/ What was your average before
My average using regular 85 octane w/10% meth. is around 19.5 to 20, which also includes a about 50% stop and go. On a trip like this one above with meth. fuel, I typically get around 22-23 mpg.

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