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Old 03-03-2008, 05:52 AM
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About 3 weeks ago I got my once a year service done on my car at the dealership. It was the basic low mileage service with oil and filter change. I only have about 18,000 miles on the car. However, since then when I fill up my gas tank the miles to empty indicator hovers around the 480 mile mark immediatly after fill up. Before the service whenever I filled up my tank I would get over 500 miles to empty, at least on the drive back home from the gas station. Does anyone know what could have caused the decrease in miles to empty? Thanks.
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heavier foot?

man i wish i could have that kind of mileage without having a remap.
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Because 500 miles to empty is not realistic.
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Thats a 4% change - statistically irrelevant.
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