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Hello everyone. I know I haven't been on the site in a while, but I did want to share my gas mileage results from some summer traveling. On a 400 mile trip from Dallas to Branson, Mo, I averaged 30.4. I forgot to run my trip computer from Branson to Estes Park, Co, but I did run it from Estes back to Dallas and I averaged 35.6! My husband made that same leg of the trip with his Acura MDX and averaged under 20. I could have made the CO-TX run with only one stop for gas, but the hubby needed two!
The bad news: I got two speeding tickets! One in Kansas and the other in Colorado. Maybe that's why my mileage was better on the return trip -- I was going slower!!
It's all good
The bad news: I got two speeding tickets! One in Kansas and the other in Colorado. Maybe that's why my mileage was better on the return trip -- I was going slower!!
It's all good
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Originally Posted by lattelady' post='456845' date='Aug 8 2007, 07:10 PM
Hello everyone. I know I haven't been on the site in a while, but I did want to share my gas mileage results from some summer traveling. On a 400 mile trip from Dallas to Branson, Mo, I averaged 30.4. I forgot to run my trip computer from Branson to Estes Park, Co, but I did run it from Estes back to Dallas and I averaged 35.6! My husband made that same leg of the trip with his Acura MDX and averaged under 20. I could have made the CO-TX run with only one stop for gas, but the hubby needed two!
The bad news: I got two speeding tickets! One in Kansas and the other in Colorado. Maybe that's why my mileage was better on the return trip -- I was going slower!!
It's all good
The bad news: I got two speeding tickets! One in Kansas and the other in Colorado. Maybe that's why my mileage was better on the return trip -- I was going slower!!
It's all good
Wife
400miles : 30.4miles/gallon = 13.15789gallons * $3 per gallon = $39.47 + 2 tickets @ $100 each = $239.47 + insurance premiums for 3 years @ $100/year = $539.47
Husband
400miles : 20miles/gallon = 20gallons * $3 per gallon = $60
The moral of the story. Wifes can make really expensive items look very cheap.
PS. Sorry "lattelady" but I couldn't resist making a little humor out of it.
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='456847' date='Aug 8 2007, 08:25 PM
Very nice. Sorry to hear about your tickets though. 
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