The extent of my knowledge about my various cars' mileage is that each and every one of them has triggered the "E" light after 300-350 miles driven.
Of course, that's meant different things for each of them... my first car, the '84 Chevy Caprice station wagon whose engine eventually crapped out, had a 22 gallon tank; my second, the '90 Olds Delta 88 that got totalled by an idiot driving his granddad's truck without insurance, had a 16 gallon tank; my third, the '91 Ford P.O.S. Thunderbird that died of electrical system malfunction, had a 19 gallon tank; and the current one, my beloved but problematic '00 Olds Alero, has a 13 gallon tank.
I guess that works out pretty decent for my current car? But Lord, am I glad I wasn't driving the Caprice when the gas prices peaked.
I have a little application that I wrote that keeps track of gas mileage. I write the odometer mileage on the gas receipt and then when I have a fistful of receipts, I key them into the system.
The extent of my knowledge about my various cars' mileage is that each and every one of them has triggered the "E" light after 300-350 miles driven.
[nods] That seems to be pretty standard mileage for a tank of gas. The exception seems to be the Dodge pickup that work supplied me with for a while. It could go 400-450 miles on a tank, but it was a 32 gallon tank, so...
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The extent of my knowledge about my various cars' mileage is that each and every one of them has triggered the "E" light after 300-350 miles driven.
Of course, that's meant different things for each of them... my first car, the '84 Chevy Caprice station wagon whose engine eventually crapped out, had a 22 gallon tank; my second, the '90 Olds Delta 88 that got totalled by an idiot driving his granddad's truck without insurance, had a 16 gallon tank; my third, the '91 Ford P.O.S. Thunderbird that died of electrical system malfunction, had a 19 gallon tank; and the current one, my beloved but problematic '00 Olds Alero, has a 13 gallon tank.
I guess that works out pretty decent for my current car? But Lord, am I glad I wasn't driving the Caprice when the gas prices peaked.
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Not as detailed as you'd think.
I have a little application that I wrote that keeps track of gas mileage. I write the odometer mileage on the gas receipt and then when I have a fistful of receipts, I key them into the system.
you can see it here.
The extent of my knowledge about my various cars' mileage is that each and every one of them has triggered the "E" light after 300-350 miles driven.
[nods] That seems to be pretty standard mileage for a tank of gas. The exception seems to be the Dodge pickup that work supplied me with for a while. It could go 400-450 miles on a tank, but it was a 32 gallon tank, so...
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