<VV> GPS to measure MPG

[PatioMatt at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/15/2008 7:13:56 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
hmlinc at sbcglobal.net writes:
 
We've got a blazer with that feature in the overhead display.  I  played with 
it for a couple of days when we first got the car trying to  see how long I 
could keep the average MPG at 60 or above just after a fill  up.  I was 
actually surprised that I could keep it there quite a  while.  Econorun 
practice?
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I had just the opposite!   Friends Father needed to be driven  across Country 
to his home....Kids were all afraid to drive his 98  Towncar...in 2000...
 
He'd had it at the dealers several times to see why his gas mileage was  sooo 
bad...and getting worse with each fillup.....Hundreds of $$ later..they'd  
found nothing the matter...
 
His Mother in Law had been my Foster Mother... so I said I'd take time  off 
from work and drive him....
 
Took off...and the Computer showed 9.7 mpg....  Asked him how to  change 
displays, etc....said he didn't know..
 
Got him to READ the manual... and we reset it.....  Instant 24  mpg.......we 
then went to Real Time.....and of course going down hill if you  let off the 
gas.. 99.9 mpg!  He was amazed......and PO'd at the  dealers....GGGGG
 
Matt









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