Can someone tell me once and for all how I can work out MPG?
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Fill up your tank to the maximum.
Reset trip meter.
Drive car for say 100 miles or so
Refill tank and take a note of how many liters it took to fill it
Convert liters to UK gallons
Divide number of miles you done, by gallons of fuel used
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To do it accurately you need to track it over a few full ups, as hardcore says but if you track it in a spreadsheet after 3-10 fill ups your margin for error is greatly reduced.Originally posted by DaveOriginally posted by Stephen Fry[B]"It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so ****ing what."
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And 1 UK gallon is equal to 4.546 litres.
Brimming the tank and recording how many litres went in is the only way to do it accurately, don't rely on what your fuel gauge is telling you.
So for example:
You fill up your tank (no need to record anything the first time).
You then drive x amount of miles (let's say 200).
You fill up your tank again and see that you've put in x amount of litres of fuel (let's say 30 litres).
30 litres / 4.546 litres = 6.6 gallons used.
200 miles / 6.6 gallons = 30.3 miles per gallon.
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