| 2014-06-13 |
405 |
17.6 |
|
23.01 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 18.5 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 25%, kept speed 60-65 on highway, 5mph over below 55, summer, didn't use windows, 89% highway, no mods yet" |
| 2014-06-21 |
393 |
17.9 |
|
21.96 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 18.3 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 20%, kept speed 55-65 on highway, 5mph over below 55, summer, didn't use windows, 86% highway, no mods yet" |
| 2014-07-03 |
398 |
20.3 |
|
19.61 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 17.8 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 10%, try fuel efficiency difference: kept speed 65-70 on highway, 5mph over below 55, summer, didn't use windows, 77% highway, no mods yet" |
| 2014-07-16 |
404 |
18.6 |
|
21.72 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 18.3 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 19%, kept speed 65-73 on highway, 5mph over below 55, summer, didn't use windows, 87% highway, no mods yet" |
| 2014-07-19 |
365 |
16 |
|
22.81 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 18.6 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 23%, kept speed 60-65 on highway, 5mph over below 55, summer, used windows below 50 mph, 92% highway, no mods yet" |
| 2014-07-28 |
424 |
19.5 |
|
21.74 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 17.7 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 23%, kept speed 60-65 on highway, 5mph over below 55, summer, used windows below 50 mph, 74% highway, no mods yet" |
| 2014-08-11 |
390 |
15.73 |
|
24.79 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 18.5 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 34%, oil change end of previous tank (synthetic blend), kept speed 55-65 on highway, 5mph over below 55, summer, didn't use windows, 89% highway, no mods yet" |
| 2014-08-15 |
464 |
21.04 |
|
22.05 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 18.2 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 21%, kept speed 60-65 on highway, 5mph over below 55, summer, 85% highway, no mods yet, revved in idle 5 min to try to charge someone's battery/jumpstart the car" |
| 2014-08-17 |
443 |
18.9 |
|
23.44 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 18.4 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 28%, kept speed 60-75 on highway, 5mph over below 55, summer, used windows below 50 mph, 87% highway, no mods yet, very speedy carpool, lots of hills through Pennsylvania and SE Ohio" |
| 2014-08-25 |
398 |
18.17 |
|
21.9 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 18.3 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 20%, kept speed 60-65 on highway, 5mph over below 55, summer, used windows below 50 mph, 86% highway, no mods yet, lots of hills through eastern Ohio, 100 mi state routes (50-60 mph)
Test of using windows, no AC, below 50mph yields worse than using all AC, based on comparison of modified EPA estimates. This is true for the test both before and after oil change. Maybe 50mph is too high of a transition point. Maybe switch to AC at lower threshold." |
| 2014-09-01 |
384 |
19.5 |
|
19.69 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 17.4 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 13%, kept speed 5 below on highway from now on, speeds gear-shift dependent from now on below 50, summer, no window use, 67% highway, no permanent mods yet, kammback testing with cardboard prototypes on for about 60 miles, a lot of stop and go, 1-2 hours of 0mph idling to keep engine warm between tests. All things considering, still a pretty good tank" |
| 2014-09-12 |
223 |
12.14 |
|
18.37 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 14.2 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 29%, no window use, 4% highway, summer, no permanent mods yet, kammback testing with cardboard prototypes on for about 40 miles, a lot of stop and go, 1 hour of 0mph idling to keep engine warm between tests. A pretty good tank for being 96% city" |
| 2014-09-15 |
395 |
16.65 |
|
23.72 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 18.6 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 28%, 55-65 degrees Fahrenheit, no window use, 92% highway, first mod: Added 2oz (60ml - 2 medicine cupfuls) mineral oil before pump gas, changed parking: pull through or back in (per 100+ Hypermiling Tips page) from now on, neutral at stop lights from now on" |
| 2014-09-22 |
397 |
18.52 |
|
21.44 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 17.4 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 23%, no window use, 68% highway, 60-80 degrees Fahrenheit, only mod so far: Added 2oz (60ml - 2 medicine cupfuls) mineral oil before pump gas, kammback testing with cardboard prototypes on for about 30 miles, a lot of stop and go, 1 hour of 0mph idling to keep engine warm between tests" |
| 2014-10-03 |
370 |
16.83 |
|
21.98 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 17.8 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 24%, no window use, 76% highway, 60-70 degrees Fahrenheit, only mod so far: Added 2oz (60ml - 2 medicine cupfuls) mineral oil before pump gas, kammback testing with cardboard prototypes on for about 100 miles, a lot of stop and go, 0.75 hour of 0mph idling to keep engine warm between tests" |
| 2014-10-11 |
470 |
24.02 |
|
19.57 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 17.7 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 11%, no window use, 74% highway, 45-60 degrees Fahrenheit, only mod so far: Added 4oz (120ml - 4 medicine cupfuls) mineral oil before pump gas (is the mineral oil or the kammback testing making my tanks bad like this?), kammback testing with cardboard prototypes on for about 105 miles, a lot of stop and go, 1.5 hour of 0mph idling to keep engine warm between tests" |
| 2014-10-11 |
126 |
6.46 |
|
19.5 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 18.2 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 7%, no window use, 84% highway, 55 degrees Fahrenheit, only mod so far: Added 1oz (30ml - 1 medicine cupful) mineral oil before pump gas (small fillup), kammback testing with cardboard prototypes on for about 105 miles, a lot of stop and go, 0.5 hour of 0mph idling to keep engine warm between tests" |
| 2014-10-26 |
376 |
17.78 |
|
21.15 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 17.8 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 19%, some window use, 75% highway, 45-65 degrees Fahrenheit, only mod so far: Added 4oz (120ml - 4 medicine cupfuls) mineral oil before pump gas, 5-10 under on highway (60mph max)" |
| 2014-11-02 |
468 |
20.97 |
|
22.32 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 18.0 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 24%, some window use, 80% highway, 40-65 degrees Fahrenheit, no mineral oil before pump gas, 5 under on highway" |
| 2014-11-14 |
328 |
17.9 |
|
18.32 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 15.6 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 17%, some window use, 32% highway, 40-55 degrees Fahrenheit, no mineral oil before pump gas, only 4 gallons of mineral oil-affected gas (out of 25) left in tank, 100 miles of hwy several-car caravan (5-10 over speed limit), 100 miles of very hilly country roads caravan (5 over)" |
| 2014-12-02 |
355 |
19.45 |
|
18.25 |
"EPA est. for actual % city/highway driving: 17.2 mpg, % above modified EPA est.: 6%, some window use, 63% highway, 20-50 degrees Fahrenheit, snow, no mineral oil before pump gas, 5-10 under on highway (60mph max)" |