# Improvement in car mileage **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Tags:** echo, fuel-economy, toyota\ **Created:** [June 13, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/improvement-in-car-mileage/50275 "2010-06-13T22:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sgkahler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@sgkahler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgkahler)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/improvement-in-car-mileage/50275/1 "2010-06-13T22:22:25Z")
The caller with a Toyota Matrix in Mechanic Falls, ME says his mileage has gone up by about 20%. Could he be driving to Canada to purchase gas now? (You had a Puzzler along these lines a few years ago). SGK ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/improvement-in-car-mileage/50275/2 "2010-06-14T04:04:39Z")
You can’t get to Canada from there. You’d have to go somewhere else first. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/improvement-in-car-mileage/50275/3 "2010-06-15T18:56:07Z")
Yes, you can absolutely get to Canada from Mechanic Falls, ME. It’s probably an 80 mile drive, but you can definitely get there. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/improvement-in-car-mileage/50275/4 "2010-06-15T19:05:10Z")
I think it was meant as a joke. Imagine someone saying in a Maine accent, “You can’t get there from here.” ---
**Author:** ![johnmperry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@johnmperry](https://community.cartalk.com/u/johnmperry)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/improvement-in-car-mileage/50275/5 "2010-06-16T18:07:24Z")
My feeling is that the first gas station was under-pumping rather than subsequent ones were being generous. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/improvement-in-car-mileage/50275/6 "2010-06-16T18:33:21Z")
Got it. A-yuh. ---
**Author:** ![alp7757](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@alp7757](https://community.cartalk.com/u/alp7757)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/improvement-in-car-mileage/50275/7 "2010-06-16T18:36:24Z")
I can hear it already! ---
**Author:** ![carvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a3d4f5/32.png) [@carvan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/carvan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/improvement-in-car-mileage/50275/8 "2010-07-07T15:36:34Z")
My '03 Matrix did the same thing a couple of years ago right after I put a new battery in it. The mileage went from about 36 mpg to 41 and still is at that level. Also, the car still has its factory brakes and clutch. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/improvement-in-car-mileage/50275/9 "2010-07-12T05:14:16Z")
His odometer switched to KM instead of miles. He reset it and went back to normal MPG. I can see the headline now; Mechanic Falls, economy improves.