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Old 12-27-2014, 10:16 PM   #77
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Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
Ummmm, Strat, it works every bit as easy the other way around! I know how many liters I have and how many of them I will need to go the distance I want. Simply the inverse of what you do with the exact same results.
So I know my car will get 11L/100km
I have lets say 30 L in the tank.
Now I invert the economy rating and multiply? So 3,000/11? I guess that's 300 minus a bit km? Sorry that doesn't seem intuitive to me.

Unless you mean the other way around: I know exactly the distance of this windy road I want to try out this weekend and I'll go to that diner on the way back and I know it won't be closed? That sounds like no fun at all and lots of looking at a map.


27 mpg, half a tank is say 6 gallons, 6g*25mpg=150 miles + 2g*6mpg=162miles on the tank I have left.

(No the numbers aren't consistent, can't be bothered)
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