Originally Posted by xnsf

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

This would hold true on a flat road--stretch out a length of ribbon 3 foot long and pretend it is a road--then put some gentle curves in it and measure it--it got shorter if measured on a straight line--this is what the GPS sees--if you are in hills the car OBC measures actual surface distance traveled up and down the hills--the GPS sees a coordinate location by triangulating two locations from the satellite and will usually show shorter distance. I noticed this with my portable Garmin in 2 different cars--the Garman always posted less miles. And again using the gallons shown on the gas pump is very inaccurate as stated in my last post--no two pumps are the same on shutoff levels--can vary up to 1 gallon--and who knows the accuracy of the pump flow meter itself. Although automakers may fudge the parameters in their favor slightly--the fact still remains that the flow meter and OBC will be very consistent compared to reading gas pumps. Happy motoring

Originally Posted by Eric5273

You have to get over the whole 9/11 thing buddy.

Originally Posted by Winston Churchill

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.