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Old 16th June 2008, 11:32   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by streakybird View Post
Hi Civinfo'ers

Just went to put petrol in the car and went into the petrol station with 56miles left of petrol, only put in a tenner to top it up, and started the engine only to find the reading at 42miles left...
The ignition key was with me and obviously the engine was turned off!
So i went into the garage with more petrol in than when i topped up and came out!
I just had another thought... you've put more petrol in, increasing the weight of your car and decreasing the MPG. so maybe it's also factoring in the weight of the fuel remaining into the MPG calculation?
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