Vacation time is over and next week I will be working 5 days again, so I will be setting out on the next step of my experiment in gas mileage. But I wanted to show you something first. In previous posts on this experiment I have given mileage in tenths of a mile, such as 26.1 mpg. This comes from the on board computer on my Mini Cooper S. However, that may be misleading to some of you. See, the computer does not actually go in tenth of a mileage increments. I took the time to write down all the increments between 25 and 34 mpg. Here they are:
25.0, 25.2, 25.5, 25.8, 26.1, 26.4, 26.7, 27.0, 27.3, 27.6, 28.0, 28.3, 28.6, 29.0, 29.4, 29.7, 30.1, 30.5, 30.9, 31.3, 31.7, 32.2, 32.6, 33.1, 33.6, 34.0
Clearly there is some kind of rounding going on here. This makes it more important to reset the average fuel consumption on a regular basis so you don’t fall into a range and can know quickly if you are altering you driving pattern.
Next week I will let you know what the next step it.
Stay tuned.
