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Maybe you should ask more questions of yourself because this is your log.
What are you trying to prove/accomplish?
Are you trying to impress somebody?
Are you impressed by somebody else's skewed data?
Is it about the science, or a pretty graph?
Is 3 low/high tanks in a row an anomaly or a trend?
Do you remove trips with a lot of EOC, because heck, the engine wasn't even on?
Are you adjusting the nut, or adjusting the data?
Driving around in 2nd gear is not "other-than-normal" for a lot of people, it's just daily rush hour traffic. For a lot of people, grill blocks, air dams, EOC, or turning off at a light, or removing wipers and mirrors, and A/C, and alternators, are "other-than-normal".
The fuel logs are just a tool, and can only be accurate if used properly.
It would be a lot more work, but a more accurate and realistic tool would be a spreadsheet that calculated miles per dollar, including all the costs of using a car. This would include everything you spend money on to keep a car on the road including payments and interest, taxes, parking, repairs, maintenance, tolls, licensing, insurance, tickets, towing, etc.
Then we would get to see if it would be more economically feasible to own a nice new 2010 Prius, or a 1995 Metro. Or even a bicycle and a bus pass.
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