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Fill tank. Write down mileage and how many liters or gallons you put in. Drive. Repeat 2-3 times. The average of the amount of fuel in and the total mileage accumulated will be a reasonably accurate measure of fuel economy. Calibrating your odometer using a handheld GPS or the like will help in the accuracy dept. --- "Petri O. Calderon Larjanko" <petri@unsw.edu.au> wrote: > > Can I ask. How accurate can one get with this. > Whenever I add petrol > (gasoline) I never fill up, always just add 20 > litres or so. When I write > down the odometer reading I take note of the level > of the petrol gauge, but > it would be really hard to really pinpoint the exact > location of the petrol > gauge needle since there are only 4 marks and two of > those are full and > empty. How do folks do it in the list? > > > -- > Petri > 71 Notch > 02 Subaru Liberty RX (family wagon) > > > > On 4/3/05 12:13 PM, "Keith Park" > <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > > > I get high teens when its cold in town, low 20's > in the Summer. Highway was > > 26 or 27 but I was running just a bit rich with > those numbers. It if hasnt > > been driven for a while Id get it through a tank > or 2 before I worried, your > > not too far off anyway. > > > > Keith > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/