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Old May 30, 2005 | 02:29 AM
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It would be good to be able to download ones own data or data for a vehicle class or model as a CSV file.
 
Old May 30, 2005 | 04:32 AM
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It would be great to be able to sort the database by any variable, and compare vehicles by selecting a subset of the whole.
 
Old May 30, 2005 | 06:24 AM
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4wd vrs fwd breakout for Suvs
 
Old May 30, 2005 | 06:27 AM
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Agreed - do not purge old data - the value lies in the depth of data. I don't see any changes required for the Next-Generation Mileage Database; Jason enjoy the summer before college.
 
Old May 30, 2005 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by doppler
I second (third?) the request for an option to post both "calculated by real-world tank" and "computed" MPG averages. Maybe after a few months of collecting such data, we can work out those discrepancies.
I "third/forth" that idea. I was getting annoyed last week when the dashboard MPG was showing a significant drop from the previous tanks real-world number (hence the thread I started). When it came time to fill up, the tank had actually done slightly better than the previous one!

Of course, that manual calculation method assumes you fill the tank to exactly the same level each time, which may not be true. However over time the averages will be accurate.

BTW: On a similar topic, I recently put in gas w/o filling the tank, so I just included those gallons in the calculation, and kept the milage total going until I could completly fill the tank. All OK but now the stats show I have a 22 gallon tank and average of 16.8 galls/tank (even though the tank is theoretically 17 gals, I never run it that dry ! )
 

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Old May 30, 2005 | 11:05 AM
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>>> It would be good to be able to download ones own data or data for a vehicle class or model as a CSV file.

I'll vote for that.
 
Old May 30, 2005 | 11:10 AM
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>>> Be sure to include the gasoline 'grade' is possible. I've noticed higher MPG when using 89-octane over 87.

I recently suggested someting similar to Jason, but will also post it here for public view:

When entering tank data I'd like to include fuel price paid, the particular gas station, (beginings of a gasprice survey?), the grade and brand of fuel (including (seasonal) additives) etc to see if there is any corrolation between those variables and the MPG
 
Old May 30, 2005 | 11:15 AM
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>>> Als as I've mentioned before, more choices for percent of traffic and highway.
Agreed

I've often wondered why the highway/city dropdowns are separate rather than a single/combined dropdown - is it possible to have 66% highway *and* 66% city ??
 
Old May 30, 2005 | 11:29 AM
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Merlin, they aren't separate. There's one for traffic and one for highway %. Also, please refrain from posting multiple times in a row.
 
Old May 30, 2005 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by chuckokie36
4wd vrs fwd breakout for Suvs
We also vote for model breakdowns (the Jolly Roger is a FWD FEH)
 


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