Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - SAVE 5 miles per gallon......
View Single Post
 
Old 04-22-2008, 09:03 PM
SteveFromNY's Avatar
SteveFromNY SteveFromNY is offline
Eternal Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,197
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Re: SAVE 5 miles per gallon......

Maybe their pump calibration is off? A gallon might be a little less than a gallon when they pump it. That's a 10% or so discrepancy. With an SUV that gets 12 MPG, so the next tank it gets 10.8 - hardly noticeable and easy to rationalize why. Apply that same 10% to a car that gets 50 mpg, and the 5 mpg difference is more noticeable.
The state should inspect them to be sure they aren't cheating folks.