Posted by =?iso-8859-1?Q?mark=5Fdigital= on July 6, 2006, 7:13 am
> Michelle and I have had deep political disagreements on just about every
> subject known to man, but I have never had any hint from what she has
> written that she is anything but a fine, sincere and intelligent person.
> Please, no personal attacks against people who haven't earned them. As for
> attacking jerks (which may include me from time to time!) - you have my
> blessing ;-)
> Mike
The guy is a jerk. Nothing more to say on this matter.
Posted by Bill on July 6, 2006, 3:20 am
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>>>>>> When I filled the tank today, I had 526 miles since the last fillup,
>>>>>> according to the consumption screen. It also read 46.9 miles per
>>>>>> gallon. That computes to 11.2 gallons consumed. The fill-up took
>>>>>> 11.625 gallons.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I believe that the tank holds 11.9 gallons.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Stop Mad Cowboy Disease: Impeach the son of a Bush.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fill your tank fast and don't diddle-daddle topping it off. Don't even
>>>>> bother rounding up to the nearest nickel. Do this a few times and see
>>>>> if the actual fuel consumed matches your graphic amount more closely.
>>>>> mark_
>>>> In order to get an accurate series of manual computations you must fill
>>>> it to the last drop each time, otherwise the calculation will be
>>>> affected by how far the nozzle was inserted, how sensitive the pump
>>>> shut-off is and how relaxed the bladder is. That series will yield the
>>>> delta value between actual and computed mileage. Once you have the
>>>> delta value it is pointless to continue gathering data manually.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> OK, if you want to waste time, money and keep the filler cap off longer
>>> than necessary, go for it. Fast filling until it clicks off expands the
>>> bladder. Slow fills and rocking the car doesn't do anything other than
>>> make one look stupid and cheap.
>> From the NG posts it is clear that some people are curious as to the
>> accuracy of their mileage number. Slow fills and rocking the car are a
>> figment of your imagination. I simply provided a way for these people to
>> determine the variance, nothing more.
>>
> It's clear?? Some guy who calls himself Michelle, who does a piss poor job
> at imitating a woman, posts a no-so-clear-as to-why comment about a lousy
> fill up and discrepancy, puts up a strawman, and you call that "some
> people"?
> I don't think so Bill.
I'll hang around as long as people don't behave like horse's asses.
Michelle hasn't done that.
Posted by Michelle Steiner on July 6, 2006, 4:06 am
> It's clear?? Some guy who calls himself Michelle, who does a piss
> poor job at imitating a woman, posts a no-so-clear-as to-why comment
> about a lousy fill up and discrepancy, puts up a strawman, and you
> call that "some people"?
And then some asshole who calls himself "mark_digital" starts spewing
shit on this newsgroup.
It's so easy to cower behind an alias, isn't it, "Mark"?
--
Stop Mad Cowboy Disease: Impeach the son of a Bush.
Posted by Moe on July 15, 2006, 10:41 am
Michelle Steiner wrote:
> When I filled the tank today, I had 526 miles since the last fillup,
> according to the consumption screen. It also read 46.9 miles per
> gallon. That computes to 11.2 gallons consumed. The fill-up took
> 11.625 gallons.
>
> I believe that the tank holds 11.9 gallons.
>
This reminds me of the old urban legend of the guy who bought a
volkswagon and brags about the gas mileage to his neighbor. The
neighbor starts adding a gallon every so often at night and the neighbor
really starts bragging. After a while the neighbor quits putting the
extra gas in.........
Posted by Jean B. on July 15, 2006, 5:11 pm
Moe wrote:
> Michelle Steiner wrote:
>
>> When I filled the tank today, I had 526 miles since the last fillup,
>> according to the consumption screen. It also read 46.9 miles per
>> gallon. That computes to 11.2 gallons consumed. The fill-up took
>> 11.625 gallons.
>>
>> I believe that the tank holds 11.9 gallons.
>>
> This reminds me of the old urban legend of the guy who bought a
> volkswagon and brags about the gas mileage to his neighbor. The
> neighbor starts adding a gallon every so often at night and the neighbor
> really starts bragging. After a while the neighbor quits putting the
> extra gas in.........
Hehe. Imagine someone doing that to our Prii--and our
thinking we were getting such great mileage! (I think that's
possibly even more amusing, since we tend to keep such great
track of our MPGs.)
--
Jean B.
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> subject known to man, but I have never had any hint from what she has
> written that she is anything but a fine, sincere and intelligent person.
> Please, no personal attacks against people who haven't earned them. As for
> attacking jerks (which may include me from time to time!) - you have my
> blessing ;-)
> Mike