Fuel Mileage Related Discussions
#1021
Almost all available gasoline has 10% ethanol, i.e. corn squeezing, mixed in by law. It is SUPPOSED to be environmentally friendly and improve gas mileage. It is a big lie that drives up the price of corn and can potentially harm engines. Congress and the EPA strike again.
#1022
Going from %5 ethanol to 10% will not decrease mpg by that much. Since you have no engine code, no alignment issue or tire issue. Have you try doing a compression test, to see if your engine is still running strong?
#1023
Not just them, but also the medium to large family farms too. Just try to run against the subsidy at any governmental level in the corn belt and see haw few votes you get. Next scheduled step, 15% before 2022 at the discretion of the EPA.
#1026
And corn on the cob will become a luxury food for the rich. It's been fifty cents an ear locally for years, so I never buy it.
#1028
But Obama and the EPA won't let the petro industry drill where the government has control, therefore slant drilling and oil shale. Too much political/science fiction spread about the alternatives, both sides. Is Manhattan under water yet?
#1029
We should grow the corn in Manhattan, where the water is! Or maybe Houston, they've got more than they need right now.
But shortsighted is shortsighted, and we've got to reduce pumping finite resources out of wells to burn in our tanks. Water, oil, whichever.
But shortsighted is shortsighted, and we've got to reduce pumping finite resources out of wells to burn in our tanks. Water, oil, whichever.
#1030
I try to keep my promises.
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Last edited by KentFinn; 06-02-2016 at 11:01 AM.
#1034
That sounds about right. With my refills, the info display is usually about 1.5 - 2.0 mpg above what my manual calculation comes to. Been like that since day one.
#1035
+1, our 2016 LX CVT is exactly the same.
#1036
If it reaches zero, a blackhole will open and destroy the earth. No, not really. I've had it zero and the car kept going, but I had already pre-calculated that I had still gas in the tank.
#1037
It's a safe estimate. I've driven 10 - 20 miles with Zero Miles showing.
#1039
Good to know. But can't frequent low gas levels overheat the fuel pump - or is that just another urban legend?