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Jul 16, 2005

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Checking your MPG?

Is there a guage that you can add to your car that will tell you how many miles you can go on a tank of gas, how many miles per gallon you are using, and how many miles per gallong you have used?

Jul 16, 2005

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simplest way is a calculator at the pump/ resetting your trip meter.

Jul 16, 2005

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yeah i know about that, but what about like something that like dodges and fords have, that little trip meeter thing?

Jul 16, 2005

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yeah i know about that, but what about like something that like dodges and fords have, that little trip meeter thing?

we have trip meters too. Just reset it to zero when you fill up. Then the next time you need gas, just take the mileage you had and divide that by the number of gallons you filled up.

Jul 16, 2005

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He's talking about one that calculates while you drive...it gives you mpg est for the tank, mpg you've used, mpg you approx have left, etc.

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Yeah bassically something that can do it on the fly? not doing the caculator thing.

Jul 16, 2005

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That would require a a device with inputs from your speedometer, odometer, fuel tank float, RPM and/or fuel pump/line.

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Does this device exsit?

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http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/72fc/

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Scan Tool
Reads Trouble Codes
Reads conditions that set the Trouble Code
Clears Trouble Codes
Turns off "Check Engine" light
Make and store up to 10 rewritable special codes to send to the vehicle computer
Digital Gauges - Shows 4 gauges at a time from the possible following:

Fuel Economy (MPG - gasoline engines only)
Fuel Rate (GPH - gasoline engines only)
Battery Voltage
Coolant Temperature
Intake Air Temperature
Engine Speed (RPM)
Vehicle speed (MPH)
Manifold Pressure (not available on some vehicles)
Engine Load
Throttle Position
Ignition Timing
Open/Closed Loop
Trip Computer

Maximum Speed
Average Speed
Maximum Coolant Temperature
Maximum RPM
Driving Time
Driving Distance
Fuel Used (Gasoline engines only)
Trip Fuel Economy(Gasoline engines only)

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Sweet thanks YS, to bad thats kind of ghetto looking lol, but might be able to work with it as a starting point.

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My old 97 GTI VR6 and 91 Passat 16v oil temp, trip, MPG (kilometer per litres here in Canada), thermometer, average speed all built in. I would always try to see what my best MPG would be. I really miss that feature.

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if we can simulate the one in Civic Hybrid, that'll be c000l

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yeah thinking about getting that one up there, then molding in to the car with a better lcd.

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i like the one on bmw's you can watch yourself f off your gas milage to under 10 in reverse

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if we can simulate the one in Civic Hybrid, that'll be c000l

It would be nice if we have the mpg meter like the hybrid. Instantaneous mpg is what i am after so i can drive at speeds that gives max mpg on different roads.

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anybody try to swap it? hehe

i believe hybrid's meter probably only controled by information from ECU...no mumbo jumbo behind it..

if that's true, then it's possible to use that on our vic?

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You got a picture of this hybrid gauge you speek of?

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This?

I had a car with a fuel economy gauge. Basically, it told me that when I was pressing on the gas pedal I was getting poor fuel economy and when I let off the gas pedal I was getting good fuel economy.