Quick question guys. I was looking at another thread about mileage and how a metric setting would be higher. I checked mine and it shows 10.0 mpg on standard and 23.1 metric. I'm no math genius but that doesn't make any sense. It shoulod be closer to 14.5-15 on standard if metric is correct. Any thoughts or ideas on what's going on. This is an 06 auto with just over a thousand miles and the overhead has never went over 10.1, which to me sucks. My first hand calc was like 12.7 standard. Way worse than my 03 6-spd. Could my whole computer be off. Can my odometer be off from the factory? Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Rick

 

about the metric thing:
american is miles per gallon: how many miles you can get out of one gallon of gas
metric is liters per 100km: how many liters of fuel you will burn over a 100km drive.

The higher the mpg, the lower the l/100km will be.

here's a *rough * conversion example:
10mpg = 16 km / gal ~ 4km/liter

4 km per 1 liter, will be about 25 liter for 100km.

10mpg ~ 25l/100km

if I had used the actual value of 3.79liter per gallon, we would have gotten the 23.1 that your overhead indicated. hth.

 

Thanks. I thought of that on my way to the dealer to pick up my plates. I sure hope the mileage improves. I spent a lot of $$'s on this truck. I was counting on it lasting 10 years and getting 15-19 like my 03. My fingers are crossed.

 

And then theres the Imperial gallon that many Canucks post their mileage as so it looks/sounds better too. LOL

 

yep..

the imperial gallon [and its dividends] are useless... my workplace uses them, mixed with american gallons [and soon to be liters]

±15.3 mpg [us gallon] = ±15.3 L/100km

i know when my overhead starts showing 15+ L/100km i have been driving too agressively to even think of getting good fuel economy

1 imperial gallon = 5 us quarts

 

Guys, Leave it on metric and then the harder you drive the more mileage points you get. ks

 

Just watch the engine hour meter tick over when it's set to metric time...