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Old 02-21-2006, 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Hocrest
You still didn't answer, how many gallons do you call a full tank?? So far there have been a number of different responses that we consider "full".
A good point I think many miss. It's impossible to accurately determine fuel mileage by the gauge; you have to see how many miles the car will travel on a given amount of gas. Fill up 'til it clicks-off, set the trip odometer to zero, drive, repeat... then divide the elapsed mileage by the quantity of fuel loaded to arrive at the MPG. The SVX will return high-teens in town and high-twenties on the road with ease. If you mileage is substantially lower, you're driving very hard or something's wrong somewhere.

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