Thread: Average speeds
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Old 05-14-2009, 10:49 AM   #14 (permalink)
MechEngVT
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Location: Richmond, VA
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The Truck - '02 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT Sport
90 day: 13.32 mpg (US)

The Van 2 - '06 Honda Odyssey EX
90 day: 20.56 mpg (US)

GoKart - '14 Hyundai Elantra GT base 6MT
90 day: 31.25 mpg (US)

Godzilla - '21 Ford F350 XL
90 day: 12.1 mpg (US)
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25 miles each way, 30-35 minutes depending on traffic.

This thread has given me an idea regarding my fuel logs. My truck's overhead console will record vehicle on time (not sure if it's engine-on or ignition-on, my bet's on ignition) and I have been resetting it at every fill-up without logging the time. I'm starting to log the time which will compute a tank-average speed. I have already noticed that up to a point I get better mileage with a shorter run time. Much shorter than 9 hours appears to level out or decrease mileage as it would mean all-highway/high-speed driving. This tank was rather long...not many tanks come close to 11 hours let alone going past 11. I'm logging the run time and the calculated average speed in the fuel log comment section.
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