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orange4boy · 10-14-2008, 04:02 PM

My honey takes the van to work 4 days a week on bowen. We live on a small island which is very hilly. I can coast almost all the way into our little village of snug cove but the drive back consists of 5 steep hills with a flattish section in the middle. Speed limit: 40KMH. Gas here is $.20 more than in town so I could fill here and get a "bowen mileage" reading or fill in town and get a slightly mixed reading. We go to town on the ferry once a week and drive all over Vancouver and then take the highway about 70KM to my in-laws to stay overnight. I try to give some detail in the log entries but there is no way to really compare my tanks accurately except for the highway readings.

What I try to do is some highway readings by filling just before the on ramp and then ASAP after the off ramp but i'm usually rushing around picking up supplies, shopping for groceries visting friends so I can't do it every time. And I can't do any A-B-A runs to test mods. Although I did just order an MPGuino so that should help with tracking.

That's the long explanation.

10-14-2008, 04:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
orange4boy Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The Wet Coast, Kanuckistan. Posts: 1,275 The Golden Egg - '93 Toyota Previa DX 90 day: 31.91 mpg (US) Chewie - '03 Toyota Prius 90 day: 57 mpg (US) The Spaceship - '00 Honda Insight Thanks: 100 Thanked 306 Times in 178 Posts	My commute is on foot through my shop doorway. My honey takes the van to work 4 days a week on bowen. We live on a small island which is very hilly. I can coast almost all the way into our little village of snug cove but the drive back consists of 5 steep hills with a flattish section in the middle. Speed limit: 40KMH. Gas here is $.20 more than in town so I could fill here and get a "bowen mileage" reading or fill in town and get a slightly mixed reading. We go to town on the ferry once a week and drive all over Vancouver and then take the highway about 70KM to my in-laws to stay overnight. I try to give some detail in the log entries but there is no way to really compare my tanks accurately except for the highway readings. What I try to do is some highway readings by filling just before the on ramp and then ASAP after the off ramp but i'm usually rushing around picking up supplies, shopping for groceries visting friends so I can't do it every time. And I can't do any A-B-A runs to test mods. Although I did just order an MPGuino so that should help with tracking. That's the long explanation. __________________ Vortex generators are old tech. My new and improved vortex alternators are unstoppable. "It’s easy to explain how rockets work but explaining the aerodynamics of a wing takes a rocket scientist.