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Originally Posted by Doveaboy
I really don't believe you're getting those figures, except on the fantasy machine that is your trip computer. Try filling up, driving as normal, filling up again at the same pump, work out the mpg. Trip computers lie routinely. I live on a hill. It goes three or four miles up to the east and three or four miles down to the south of home. If I start a long trip by coasting down the hill, my trip computer gives me fake high mpg results for the rest of the day. There is no point in anyone quoting mpg figures if they are believing that nonsense that shows up on the dash.
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Not everyone lives on a big long hill.
Think you will find that most people will agree with you that you cannot accurately go by the trip computer to get exact figures, although I think you will find that the trip computer is not a million miles out either?
I know my trip computer is pretty accurate and certainly within 1 to 2mpg, even the estimated miles left in tank are approx within 10 to 15miles accurate over the space of a tank.
