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If I turn on my car and let it idle for hours on end, does that count as "miles driven?" Example, I buy the car new with 0 miles. I idle the car for hours daily for a month. Over that time, will it actually show miles were driven because the engine/RPM was running? I am trying to sell a car and don't want to add mileage any further but do turn it on once a week so the battery does not die.
But the logic of a car being driven is based off RPM itself, isn't it? How else does the car calculate mileage? It's gotta be based off a certain number of engine RPMs over time. There is no other way for the car to know how far you drove it then.
But the logic of a car being driven is based off RPM itself, isn't it? How else does the car calculate mileage? It's gotta be based off a certain number of engine RPMs over time. There is no other way for the car to know how far you drove it then.
But the logic of a car being driven is based off RPM itself, isn't it? How else does the car calculate mileage? It's gotta be based off a certain number of engine RPMs over time. There is no other way for the car to know how far you drove it then.
miles driven is based off TIRE revolutions, not engine revolutions. when you idle the engine you are getting zero mpg because you are not going anywhere.
Generally no. I can't think of a single vehicle where the mileage ticks up with the engine on without the transmission rotating. However, large trucks (including our Duramax) also tracks hour rating of engine usage. We've got over 4,000 hours on ours.
If I turn on my car and let it idle for hours on end, does that count as "miles driven?" Example, I buy the car new with 0 miles. I idle the car for hours daily for a month. Over that time, will it actually show miles were driven because the engine/RPM was running? I am trying to sell a car and don't want to add mileage any further but do turn it on once a week so the battery does not die.
Just curious: why are you "idling it for hours on end, every day for a month??" ...
do you want to show someone that you went somewhere?
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