| Fill date |
Distance |
Fill amount |
Price |
MPG |
Details |
| 2009-09-22 |
381 mi. |
9.823 US gal |
$2.499 |
38.79 US |
Valero + Acetone |
| 2009-09-14 |
516.3 mi. |
12.82 US gal |
$2.559 |
40.27 US |
Valero + Acetone |
| 2009-09-02 |
417.4 mi. |
9.786 US gal |
$2.599 |
42.65 US |
QT + Acetone |
| 2009-08-26 |
384.4 mi. |
9.764 US gal |
$2.599 |
39.37 US |
Valero + Acetone |
| 2009-08-19 |
385.7 mi. |
9.502 US gal |
$2.599 |
40.59 US |
Valero + Acetone |
| 2009-08-12 |
385.7 mi. |
9.882 US gal |
$2.599 |
39.03 US |
Valero + Acetone |
| 2009-08-04 |
347.1 mi. |
9.266 US gal |
$2.499 |
37.46 US |
Acetone #41 - Valero @ 0.00075%
Been running the air conditioner full-time during the past month or so. Hottest July on record!
See comment below on low mileage reading. |
| 2009-07-29 |
384.7 mi. |
8.833 US gal |
$2.459 |
43.55 US |
Acetone #40 - QT @ 0.00075%
Obviously a short fill... |
| 2009-07-23 |
410.2 mi. |
9.921 US gal |
$2.399 |
41.35 US |
Acetone #39 - Valero @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-07-15 |
447.1 mi. |
10.85 US gal |
$2.479 |
41.21 US |
Acetone #38 - 7-Eleven @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-07-08 |
380.4 mi. |
9.879 US gal |
$2.559 |
38.51 US |
Acetone #37 - Valero @ 0.00075%
See comment below on low mileage reading. |
| 2009-07-02 |
580.6 mi. |
13.09 US gal |
$2.599 |
44.35 US |
Acetone #36 - Multiple Brands @ 0.00075%
Obviously a short fill... |
| 2009-06-24 |
421.7 mi. |
9.836 US gal |
$2.659 |
42.87 US |
Acetone #35 - 7-Eleven @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-06-17 |
220.1 mi. |
5.274 US gal |
$2.599 |
41.73 US |
Acetone #34 - Valero @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-06-12 |
253.3 mi. |
6.172 US gal |
$2.619 |
41.04 US |
Acetone #33 - 7-Eleven @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-06-10 |
490 mi. |
11.42 US gal |
$2.479 |
42.91 US |
Acetone #32 - 7-Eleven @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-06-01 |
210.5 mi. |
4.832 US gal |
$2.339 |
43.56 US |
Acetone #31 - 7-Eleven @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-05-29 |
416.8 mi. |
9.778 US gal |
$2.339 |
42.63 US |
Acetone #30 - QT @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-05-21 |
500.4 mi. |
11.46 US gal |
$2.199 |
43.66 US |
Acetone #29 - Chevron @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-05-09 |
242.4 mi. |
5.962 US gal |
$1.759 |
40.66 US |
Acetone #28 - 7-Eleven @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-05-05 |
282.1 mi. |
6.61 US gal |
$1.769 |
42.68 US |
Acetone #27 - 7-Eleven @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-04-29 |
452.2 mi. |
10.71 US gal |
$1.799 |
42.22 US |
Acetone #26 - QT @ 0.00075% |
| 2009-04-22 |
413.1 mi. |
10.33 US gal |
$1.799 |
39.99 US |
Acetone #25 - Valero @ 0.0015% |
| 2009-04-15 |
407.3 mi. |
10.35 US gal |
$1.719 |
39.35 US |
Acetone #24 - QT @ 0.0015% |
| 2009-04-08 |
406.3 mi. |
10.08 US gal |
$1.799 |
40.31 US |
Acetone #23 - QT @ 0.0015% |
| 2009-04-01 |
322.1 mi. |
8.229 US gal |
$1.819 |
39.14 US |
Acetone #22 - Circle-K @ 0.0015% |
| 2009-03-26 |
424.9 mi. |
10.6 US gal |
$1.819 |
40.08 US |
Acetone #21 - QT @ 0.0015% |
| 2009-03-19 |
378.9 mi. |
9.009 US gal |
$1.859 |
42.06 US |
Acetone #20 - QT @ 0.0015% |
| 2009-03-13 |
420.5 mi. |
10.44 US gal |
$1.899 |
40.28 US |
Acetone #19 - Valero @ 0.0015% |
| 2009-03-05 |
423.8 mi. |
10.99 US gal |
$1.899 |
38.56 US |
Acetone #18 - Valero @ 0.0015% |
| 2009-02-27 |
460.1 mi. |
11 US gal |
$1.999 |
41.83 US |
Acetone #17 - Shell @ 0.0015% - w00t! |
| 2009-02-20 |
416.4 mi. |
10.43 US gal |
$1.939 |
39.92 US |
Acetone #16 - Valero @ 0.0015% |
| 2009-02-13 |
410.5 mi. |
10.43 US gal |
$1.899 |
39.36 US |
Acetone #15 - Valero @ 0.0015% |
| 2009-02-06 |
414.1 mi. |
10.58 US gal |
$1.799 |
39.14 US |
Acetone #14 - Valero @ 0.0015% |
| 2009-01-27 |
434.7 mi. |
11.04 US gal |
$1.899 |
39.38 US |
Acetone #13 - Chevron @ 0.002% |
| 2009-01-22 |
417.2 mi. |
10.48 US gal |
$1.839 |
39.81 US |
No Acetone #7 - Switched back to Chevron.
Now that I've purged my fuel system, I'll give Acetone another whirl - being more diligent this time with my measurements. I'll start off at 0.002% and see how it goes from there. |
| 2009-01-15 |
388.2 mi. |
10.47 US gal |
$1.679 |
37.08 US |
No Acetone #6 - Gulp! Switched to Valero. |
| 2009-01-06 |
481.8 mi. |
12.08 US gal |
$1.439 |
39.88 US |
No Acetone #5 - Switched to QuikTrip (QT). |
| 2008-12-29 |
422.3 mi. |
11.03 US gal |
$1.439 |
38.29 US |
No Acetone #4 - Switched to Shell Gas. |
| 2008-12-22 |
373.1 mi. |
9.625 US gal |
$1.499 |
38.76 US |
No Acetone #3 - Switched to Chevron gas. |
| 2008-12-17 |
402.5 mi. |
10.5 US gal |
$1.499 |
38.33 US |
No Acetone #2 - Good thing gas is cheap! |
| 2008-12-08 |
328.2 mi. |
8.412 US gal |
$1.559 |
39.02 US |
No Acetone #1 - Let's see what happens! |
| 2008-12-04 |
408.8 mi. |
9.556 US gal |
$1.679 |
42.78 US |
Acetone #12 - Throwing caution to the wind, I doubled the amount of acetone that I normally put in the tank. Guess it worked!  I'm so conflicted... |
| 2008-11-29 |
372.6 mi. |
9.766 US gal |
$1.799 |
38.15 US |
Acetone #11 - OMG!!!  I tested my theory of running too much acetone, so I left it out on this tank. This sucks!!! |
| 2008-11-23 |
320.3 mi. |
7.901 US gal |
$1.919 |
40.54 US |
Acetone #10 - Dude, I'm about ready to give up on this stuff! |
| 2008-11-17 |
345.1 mi. |
8.385 US gal |
$1.979 |
41.16 US |
Acetone #9 - Raced somebody again (sigh). Put my 15's back on, yada, yada, yada. LoL! But who cares? $1.97 gas! Are you kidding me???  |
| 2008-10-30 |
434.9 mi. |
10.25 US gal |
$2.559 |
42.43 US |
Acetone #8 - That's better! I've run some of the Acetone out of the tank, and only added about 1-ounce for 10-gallons this time instead of 2-3 ounces as recommended on most sites. We'll see what happens...  |
| 2008-10-25 |
172.5 mi. |
4.222 US gal |
$2.739 |
40.86 US |
Acetone #7 - Dang it! I'm convinced I got too much Acetone in my tank, so I'm not adding any this time. And, I'm going to run the tank down to empty to get rid of some of it... |
| 2008-10-21 |
259.4 mi. |
6.343 US gal |
$2.899 |
40.9 US |
Acetone #6 - I dunno... Got stuck in freeway gridlock, one day, and drove the last 20+ miles on city streets. We'll see what happens on the next fill.  |
| 2008-10-18 |
166.6 mi. |
3.881 US gal |
$2.999 |
42.93 US |
Acetone #5 - Cut back even more! |
| 2008-10-14 |
171.3 mi. |
4.167 US gal |
$3.099 |
41.11 US |
Acetone #4 - That's better! Started cutting back on the mixture. |
| 2008-10-12 |
167.4 mi. |
4.136 US gal |
$3.159 |
40.47 US |
Acetone #3 - WTF!!! I *think* I'm adding too much. Plus, QT diddled around with 'my' pump... |
| 2008-10-09 |
169.9 mi. |
3.947 US gal |
$3.179 |
43.05 US |
ACETONE #2 - Well, well, isn't this interesting?!?!? I got back to my normal driving routine, and this is an all-time personal best, if I'm not mistaken. Let's hit the submit button and see what happens... |
| 2008-10-07 |
171.7 mi. |
4.246 US gal |
$3.219 |
40.44 US |
ACETONE #1 - Wasn't expecting much this fill. Mostly city driving with the A/C on 100% of the time, going back and forth to meetings. Last time I did this, I got like 38 MPG, sooo... not bad, all considering!  |
| 2008-10-01 |
166.4 mi. |
4.003 US gal |
$3.299 |
41.57 US |
Okay, the 'top off' experiment was a relative success. Didn't do a lot for my FE, but topping off the tank ever 2 days HAS improved consistency. Now, I'm going to try adding Acetone for 1000 miles, starting with this tank - 1 ounce per 5 gallons. |
| 2008-09-28 |
168.1 mi. |
3.948 US gal |
$3.319 |
42.58 US |
Ahhh! That's better... |
| 2008-09-24 |
136.9 mi. |
3.421 US gal |
$3.339 |
40.02 US |
Racing... again...
I'm really trying to stop - REALLY I AM!!! |
| 2008-09-21 |
186.1 mi. |
4.467 US gal |
$3.379 |
41.66 US |
Another 2-day Top-off. |
| 2008-09-17 |
166.4 mi. |
3.987 US gal |
$3.379 |
41.74 US |
2-day Top-off. Looking good! |
| 2008-09-14 |
166 mi. |
3.91 US gal |
$3.419 |
42.46 US |
New Theory: My ride gets better FE on a full tank. So far, so good! Gonna 'top it off' for 1000 miles or so, and see what the net result is... |
| 2008-09-10 |
349 mi. |
8.448 US gal |
$3.419 |
41.31 US |
Couldn't pass up $3.41 gas! Still using QuikTrip gas. This stuff rocks - consistently great gas mileage without having to drive like an old lady! |
| 2008-09-02 |
394.8 mi. |
9.694 US gal |
$3.499 |
40.73 US |
Drove a depressed friend around town for 4 hours (and half a tank of gas) listening to music and discussing life with the A/C running full-time. Still got 40+ MPG, so all is well that ends well, I guess. |
| 2008-08-26 |
437.1 mi. |
10.64 US gal |
$3.499 |
41.08 US |
More QT gas. Drove a lot faster on this tank - was running late to work on two separate days, but no harm, no foul evidently! |
| 2008-08-18 |
431.6 mi. |
10.13 US gal |
$3.599 |
42.61 US |
Tried a tank of QuikTrip regular. Not shabby! |
| 2008-08-12 |
411 mi. |
9.913 US gal |
$3.669 |
41.46 US |
LoL! Extended racing killed me on this tank - but I kicked that %$@# ass 5 outta 5 stoplights! Could have done it all night, but he got stupid and started cutting lanes, trying to run into me...  |
| 2008-08-07 |
425.4 mi. |
9.926 US gal |
$3.779 |
42.86 US |
Drove a little slower on this tank. |
| 2008-07-30 |
413.1 mi. |
9.859 US gal |
$3.849 |
41.9 US |
That's better! Behaved myself... |
| 2008-07-24 |
135.2 mi. |
3.455 US gal |
$3.959 |
39.13 US |
Slipped into bad habits - raced a guy - knew I wasn't gonna get good mileage - so I topped off and started over. |
| 2008-07-21 |
354.7 mi. |
9.194 US gal |
$3.999 |
38.58 US |
WTF! Lots of city driving with the A/C on - a couple of days of stop n' go on the freeway - a 'purple face' road rage incident - plus I overfilled the tank, spitting sh!t all over the side of my car and tire!  |
| 2008-07-14 |
364.3 mi. |
8.664 US gal |
$4.019 |
42.05 US |
Shell Regular - A/C - mostly highway driving. |
| 2008-07-08 |
943.9 mi. |
23.71 US gal |
$4.079 |
39.81 US |
Did several 2 gallon 'short fills' to see if keeping my tank low improved mileage. It did - NOT! |
| 2008-06-23 |
450.8 mi. |
10.62 US gal |
$4.099 |
42.45 US |
Tested how many miles I could get on a tank. |
| 2008-06-16 |
344.8 mi. |
9.051 US gal |
$4.139 |
38.1 US |
Mostly city driving. Starting using A/C... |
| 2008-06-07 |
366.1 mi. |
8.679 US gal |
$4.099 |
42.18 US |
Getting better at fighting the urge to 'race'. |
| 2008-06-03 |
409.4 mi. |
9.876 US gal |
$3.929 |
41.45 US |
Switched to Top Tier Regular gas (Chevron) |
| 2008-05-27 |
383.8 mi. |
9.337 US gal |
$3.799 |
41.11 US |
Decided to stop 'racing' ppl every day. |
| 2008-05-21 |
373 mi. |
9.63 US gal |
$3.729 |
38.73 US |
Switched to Regular gas full-time. |
| 2008-05-16 |
353.7 mi. |
9.349 US gal |
$3.699 |
37.83 US |
Mixed 50/50 Premium/Regular gas. |
