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Subject:Re: gas mileage and range
From:Gerald Skerbitz
Date:Thu, 21 Apr 1994 09:04:51 -0500 (CDT)

On Thu, 21 Apr 1994, Jonathan Dove - VAX Master wrote:

> What about mileage range?  When I fill up when the guage reaches the red
> area I get about 250-260 miles.  I then fill up putting in about 12 gallons.
> My question is how far can one go on a full tank?  I know that it has a 16
> gallon capacity.  What's with the other 4 gallons.  It it a safety margin?

In the area of mileage range, it's alway frustrated me that the gauge at 
half is nowhere near half full.  I've decided that the top of the red 
area is about 12 gallons for me too and that half is about 6 gallons.

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Gerry
Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu> U of MN Med.School.Admin 6-5379

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