w/about 3000 miles on my LMPG, it jumps from 70.9/71.2/71.4

[bagwell]

is this normal?

it does it every day on my 27 mile drive to work.

I would think after 3000+ miles since I reset it, the LMPG would be pretty darn stable....right?

[Insightful Trekker]

Reads like you've climbed the learning curve.
(I expereinced something very similar as have others)

Now start up the hyper MPG ladder.

HTH!

[Willie Williford]

Wrong.................The less miles, the more active the LMPG will be.
You are only jumping about .2 mpg per change.

Look at it as "the quicker it will respond"..

I'm assuming you reset the LMPG 3K ago.
I think the better challenge would have been to raise the LMPG from the original LMPG. (You had 47K on the odometer when you got it?)

Willie

[bagwell]

Originally Posted by Willie Williford

I'm assuming you reset the LMPG 3K ago.
I think the better challenge would have been to raise the LMPG from the original LMPG. (You had 47K on the odometer when you got it?)

Willie

correct, I bought the car with 47K miles on it and immediately reset the LMPG....now after approx 3000 miles of my driving it, the LMPG fluctuates regularly between 71.2/70.9/71.4...after 3000 miles, should it be still jumping around?

I'll start my commute with it reading 71.2....it'll go to 71.4 then 70.9 -- then back to 71.4 or 71.2

it just seems like after 3000+ miles it would be relatively stable....maybe that IS relatively stable...??

[Insightful Trekker]

OK,

Willies read of the question is probably the more correct version. And is a correct reply.

However, my MPG "learning curve" answer may also be a factor too.

[james]

Start one of your trip meters at the beginning of the day, and see what that does. You might have a round trip where you get much better mpg going than coming, and that would be enough to produce the fairly small relative change in LMPG, given that you've only got a 3K mile baseline.