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03-13-2007, 09:44 AM
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Sounds good to me, yup.
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03-15-2007, 08:46 AM
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I still haven't filled up yet. Does that mean I haven't officially started?
Do I have to bite the bullet and buy expensive gas, or can I wait until March break is over? 
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03-15-2007, 10:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG
I still haven't filled up yet. Does that mean I haven't officially started?
Do I have to bite the bullet and buy expensive gas, or can I wait until March break is over? |
Is that a rhetorical question? Just need to fill by the 30 days for offical results. We'll use SG numbers until a fill is recorded and if no FE equipment we'll just use gaslog entry.
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03-15-2007, 10:12 AM
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No, not rhetorical. I guess the issue is:
- my tank avg was 61-ish according to the SG at the start of the competition (for purposes of determining team % over EPA)
- since the start of the competition, I've averaged (according to the SG) somewhere around 80-ish mpg.
- so if I wait another week or 2 to fill up, my actual gas receipt calculation will say be 62-ish, not 80-ish. It looks like I have to fill up now, so my warmer weather driving has a larger impact on % improvement, rather than being diluted in the current tank.
See what I mean?
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03-15-2007, 10:17 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG
No, not rhetorical. I guess the issue is:
- my tank avg was 61-ish according to the SG at the start of the competition (for purposes of determining team % over EPA)
- since the start of the competition, I've averaged (according to the SG) somewhere around 80-ish mpg.
- so if I wait another week or 2 to fill up, my actual gas receipt calculation will say be 62-ish, not 80-ish. It looks like I have to fill up now, so my warmer weather driving has a larger impact on % improvement, rather than being diluted in the current tank.
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Yea. I see now. I guess you'll have to bite the bullet since that such a huge swing. And the offical results will be going on tank fills and not SG numbers. Bummer  big oil got you again.
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03-15-2007, 12:10 PM
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Yup, I did the same thing and just filled Monday. Of course I switched to summer tires and thinner oil at the same tome so it can all be on one tank.
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03-15-2007, 12:18 PM
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Fill
Yea, I filled up on Monday as well to sync up with the competition. Plus I had a crummy tank going anyway!!! 
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03-15-2007, 12:31 PM
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OK. Next time I need to drive somewhere, I'll fill it up and be a slave to the oil companies too. I don't think I would have made it to the 28th anyway (the 4 month anniversary of my last fill-up).
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03-15-2007, 12:42 PM
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Semi-retired OPEC Buster
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Four months
That is awesome, four months. Most people brag when they make it a couple of weeks!!!
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03-15-2007, 07:49 PM
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Metro
Team 1 now has a Offical name you can put on the scorecard: OPEC Busters! 
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