Santa Cruz...it's a gas! MPG numbers!

When you do the math for miles driven vs gallons added when you fill up, are those numbers still accurate?

Get off the highway, averaging under 45mph - for 5 hours - you’re a safety hazard… 😂

GTAcruz said:

Get off the highway, averaging under 45mph - for 5 hours - you’re a safety hazard… 😂

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Nice try math professor! My 180 highway miles were at 60 and 65mph posted speed limits and the other 45
miles were in and around town…but as they say your mileage may vary.

RKSC said:

Nice try math professor! My 180 highway miles were at 60 and 65mph posted speed limits and the other 45
miles were in and around town…but as they say your mileage may vary.

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And it took you 5 hours 🤣 average is still under 45
So doing the math, assuming you did 65mph for 180miles, that’s 2.8 hours
That leaves you averaging 20mph in a 45mph limit for 2.2 hours and went 44 miles in that 2.2 hours… here end the math lesson. 😁🤪

GTAcruz said:

And it took you 5 hours 🤣 average is still under 45
So doing the math, assuming you did 65mph for 180miles, that’s 2.8 hours
That leaves you averaging 20mph in a 45mph limit for 2.2 hours and went 44 miles in that 2.2 hours… here end the math lesson. 😁🤪

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Lesson over? No not quite….sitting at traffic lights and drive thrus, slow traffic in town , etc don’t hardly generate any mileage, but they do generate time…but you think as you want to Professor…class dismissed.

RKSC said:

Lesson over? No not quite….sitting at traffic lights and drive thrus, slow traffic in town , etc don’t hardly generate any mileage, but they do generate time…but you think as you want to Professor…class dismissed.

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There is no way that's accurate or the manufacturer would definitely post those numbers. I drive an average 500 plus miles a week mostly highway and the best I can get on a tank is 27.6. I have the na motor also. You must be driving on flat ground with a tail wind while drafting behind a semi. Lol

RKSC said:

Lesson over? No not quite….sitting at traffic lights and drive thrus, slow traffic in town , etc don’t hardly generate any mileage, but they do generate time…but you think as you want to Professor…class dismissed.

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Sitting in traffic, for most of the 2.2 hours will kill your mpg not increase…
You accidentally changed your units to UK units - UK 36mpg is actually 30 US mpg… 🤪😁
Lesson learned 😉

Never said I was sitting in traffic for 2 plus hours…I’m done arguing with you as you obviously don’t understand even basic math and its relation to driving dynamics. My 2.5 na is getting super mileage and it’s consistently greater than the stated test numbers…Please go and piss in somebody else’s punch.

I have to comment because I see a glitch. Bansh33, the average says 30.5, but the meter average is 28.3. You are saying you only get 27.5 from a fuel app. That Drive Info is definitely broken.

RKSC has reset the Accumulated Info. When you reset the Accumulated Info it goes into fake out initial reset mode. The numbers will drop between fill up. Show us again when the Accumulated Info is above 2K miles. Don't reset it.

VW had the fake test mode for emissions.

RKSC said:

Never said I was sitting in traffic for 2 plus hours…I’m done arguing with you as you obviously don’t understand even basic math and its relation to driving dynamics. My 2.5 na is getting super mileage and it’s consistently greater than the stated test numbers…Please go and piss in somebody else’s punch.

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i was kidding around with my first response, but didn’t realize I was dealing with a thin skin…

You should set your units back to US units and not use UK units 😚😉

Hi Greyhair…I use the accumulated info as my trip meter as my drive info resets at every startup.

Greyhair said:

I have to comment because I see a glitch. Bansh33, the average says 30.5, but the meter average is 28.3. You are saying you only get 27.5 from a fuel app. That Drive Info is definitely broken.

RKSC has reset the Accumulated Info. When you reset the Accumulated Info it goes into fake out initial reset mode. The numbers will drop between fill up. Show us again when the Accumulated Info is above 2K miles. Don't reset it.

VW had the fake test mode for emissions.

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My single trip average (shown center dash) was 30.x or whatever it was for that particular trip. I have the lower dash always displayed number set to "this fill up" average, which was 28.x or whatever - which it was at that point (early-ish) in the tank run. That average was being moderately influenced by the recent drive numbers.

In my log, you can see computed (miles driven / gallons used) numbers in either red (below average) or green (above average). Below those in grey I log the SC's reported MPG for the tank run at fill up. Had one that was off by 2 MPG, but generally there is less than 1 MPG difference between computed and reported. I've never had a vehicle that's been tighter than that, and quite a few that are significantly less accurate.

RKSC, there is also the mpg Since Refuel. Don't reset the Accumulated Info if you want a more accurate mpg for total miles.

Bansh33, how about a photo of the Accumulated Info. I wonder how accurate that is if you haven't reset it.

eventually you have to reset as it stops at 9999 accumulated

Greyhair said:

RKSC, there is also the mpg Since Refuel. Don't reset the Accumulated Info if you want a more accurate mpg for total miles.

Bansh33, how about a photo of the Accumulated Info. I wonder how accurate that is if you haven't reset it.

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I'll try to remember to grab a pic tomorrow. I haven't reset it since I've had it. I almost never look at it but I think it's 27.x if memory serves.

PK 62 said:

eventually you have to reset as it stops at 9999 accumulated

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Didn't know that - that will annoy me. Maybe I should reset it every oil change.

Its only annoying if you only rely on the computer, if you use another form, personal logs or fuelly you can keep full track - I got 120 fuel ups all logged

Arrrrggggg - all the dust!!! Where's your microfiber clothe that you use to wipe down the displays multiple times everyday??? I have two in my Santa Cruz.