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Old Nov 16, 2011 | 07:41 PM
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can someone double check my maths please,

i got 142 miles on 47.81 litres of fuel,

what does that give me for MPG?

thanks in advance
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Old Nov 16, 2011 | 07:42 PM
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its
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Old Nov 16, 2011 | 07:46 PM
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not a fookin lot.....is it a truck,is it a plane or is it a focus st lol......13.48MPG
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Old Nov 16, 2011 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by dug112y
not a fookin lot.....is it a truck,is it a plane or is it a focus st lol......13.48MPG

so its not just me being bad a maths

its a 4ltr ford explorer, that was on my daily commute, 44miles a day, 30 of which are motorway.
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Old Nov 16, 2011 | 08:05 PM
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47.81 / 4.5 = 10.6244444 gallons

142 / 10.6244444 = 13.3654048 miles to the gallon
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Old Nov 16, 2011 | 08:30 PM
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Fuck that fuel bill
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 08:03 AM
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http://www.fuel-economy.co.uk/calc.shtml
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 09:10 AM
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dam i thought my 42mpg was bad lol
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 09:25 AM
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I could have a lot of fun in the 4i and still get 13mpg lol

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