2011 MPG totals and 2012 goals (what are your planned mods & MPG targets?)

[California98Civic]

In 2011 I started with tank averages in the area of 33mpg and ended as high as 66. The year or lifetime average was 57.32mpg. The fall's mods seem to have kept the car over 60mpg even in the California "winter". My goal for 2012 is making the car more comfortably sit up in the 60-70mpg range through more mods and improving the existing mods. I want to be able to drive it faster sometimes without killing my mpg performance. I don't want to keep going for new highs. Now I want the car to look better (it looks okay now).

[bwilson4web]

Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard

That is a sleek plane, Bob! A friend of mine is building a Sonex in his basement. Makes building a car pretty easy by comparison!

I'm intending to start actual construction of my CarBEN EV5. I am working full time now on the drafting of the 1 15/16" thick sections. My blog is in my signature.

Foam and fiberglass . . . what a great material. Will you be using any carbon fiber sections to improve stiffness yet keep the weight down?

One thing I'm working on is a power-regulator-isolation unit so I can use the navigation light power lines as my radio antenna. <GRINS> After all, foam-and-fiberglass are invisible to radio waves.

I'm also going to make sure all wiring and metal parts are lightning-proof, interconnected. I do NOT plan to fly into IFR weather but sometimes weather stations are far between (aka., in mountain and large bays.) I've had multiple cases where Flight Service Stations on both ends of route were reporting VFR only the space between them . . . but the weather in the middle didn't get the memo.

Bob Wilson

[groar]

My 2012 goal is to achieve a kilo-tank @ 77mpgUS with the Prius.

today's tank: 750mi @ 57.7mpgUS
last 7 days: 61.1mpgUS
best trip (cold engine): 22.4mi @ 67.7mpgUS

Have fun,

Denis.

[ANOMALY]

Looking to get as high a MPG figre as possible

[Ladogaboy]

It's hard for me to say for sure about last year's, but I'd put an estimate at ~ 25 mpg. Goals for this year are 35-40 mpg, but I need to get cracking. Will be mostly aero mods and some ECU tuning.

[AndrzejM]

I wish to reach 30MPG with my Previa, and buy a car for my planned Formula Eco project.

[oil pan 4]

I want to get my suburban back into the MPGs back into the mid to high 20s and be more powerful and capable than ever, with intrgrated air compressor and AC inverters to run power tools.

[ECONORAM]

Well, I didn't post any goals for 2011...but I did make headway with the ECONORAM. Not only did I hit over 20mpg, I managed to do it for a 2,400 mile trip.
This year, I plan to formalize my belly panel kit, extend it to the rear bumper, formalize my wheel covers and my wheel arch fairings, install an injector cut-out, rig up pseudo- electric power steering, install a fuel heater and a warm air intake...maybe even a Kammback; all in my effort to hit 25 mpg at 60mph...then at 65mph.

And last but not least, a manual transmission conversion. Not so much for mpg, but because I don't want an auto!

For the Avenger, haven't put much thought into that. It will get some wheel covers and a better grill block. It'll hit 32mpg without too much difficulty, so I might try for 35mpg.

God help me; I've actually put it in writing now!