Kiesling is of course correct that our migrating % gauges have no effect on actual mi/kWh. My response was to twinturboz' 100 mile range, but now I'm wondering about the car's mi/kWh display. I wonder how the car calculates mi/kWh. If it goes by how many percent is used per mile, then it could be just as (in)accurate as the % gauge.
If so, then both of twinturboz' numbers would read higher than cars with more than his tiny 2% gauge discrepancy (I assume that's at the low end, since the middle & top are much different from that on mine).
Also, speed & 1-way hills are two of the 3 biggest factors for range, so it's definitely an advantage to have even a very slight decline on the way to work, & very slightly slower speed on the way home.
In auto maintenance training I was taught that toe alignment setting is intended to yield zero toe while driving. A very slight toe-in setting at rest is used if needed to prevent toe-out. It compensates for flex of the suspension components under the load of tire's rolling resistance & slight brake pad grazing pushing the wheels aft.
Either way, after driving a couple thousand miles even with very slightly non-zero toe-at-speed, you can usually feel slight "feathering" of the tread: Hold your hand flat as if making a hand-print, & slide it side-to-side across the top of the tire. If you feel even a very slight difference between sliding in & sliding out, your tires are not running at zero toe while driving, regardless of how they are at rest.
If so, then both of twinturboz' numbers would read higher than cars with more than his tiny 2% gauge discrepancy (I assume that's at the low end, since the middle & top are much different from that on mine).
Also, speed & 1-way hills are two of the 3 biggest factors for range, so it's definitely an advantage to have even a very slight decline on the way to work, & very slightly slower speed on the way home.
In auto maintenance training I was taught that toe alignment setting is intended to yield zero toe while driving. A very slight toe-in setting at rest is used if needed to prevent toe-out. It compensates for flex of the suspension components under the load of tire's rolling resistance & slight brake pad grazing pushing the wheels aft.
Either way, after driving a couple thousand miles even with very slightly non-zero toe-at-speed, you can usually feel slight "feathering" of the tread: Hold your hand flat as if making a hand-print, & slide it side-to-side across the top of the tire. If you feel even a very slight difference between sliding in & sliding out, your tires are not running at zero toe while driving, regardless of how they are at rest.
