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Subject:Re: Fuel gauges -- who needs 'em?
Date:Fri, 5 Jan 1996 21:25:41 -0500

In a message dated 96-01-04 19:11:11 EST, mjanello@umich.edu (Mark Janello)
writes:

>Just keep in mind that your gas milage can fluctuate quite a bit.  I
>got 200 miles out of my first few tanks and figured if I always
>gassed up at 150 I'd be OK.  Duh, the difference between nice
>long trips on the highway in the fall and short trips in the winter
>when it's 7 degrees F is a lot.  Let's just say one time I
>put 10.4 gallons in my 10.6 gallon tank and since then have
>been fueling up at 100 miles :-)
>
>Mark

Well, OK, I don't go the log book way, what I do is fill up when it bottoms
on Reserve...  the only trouble with that method is remembering *how long*
it's been sitting at "R" .
Yes, Virginia, Your Mileage May Vary...