2021-03-05 385 7.427 $2.909 51.84 ""
2021-03-09 400 7.749 $2.909 51.62 ""
2021-03-13 425 8.23 $3.009 51.64 ""
2021-03-18 443 8.546 $3.109 51.84 ""
2021-03-20 284 5.361 $3.109 52.98 "previously unaccounted for joplin trip"
2021-03-28 374 7.4 $3.019 50.54 "hauling @ 600 lbs"
2021-04-02 403 7.786 $2.989 51.76 ""
2021-04-14 270 5.172 $2.999 52.2 "mixed city.highway, some carrying load"
2021-04-14 217 4.226 $2.989 51.35 "ark and back; return with load"
2021-04-30 360 6.579 $3.049 54.72 "chelsea galena joplin chetopa vinita"
2021-06-10 373 7.968 $3.189 46.81 "two flats, and almost all city driving with lots of starts and stops, and sitting at lights"
2021-06-12 295 5.244 $3.149 56.25 "carthage and back via joplin, fairland, outbound mph 55-60, inbound 52-56, carrying 200+ lbs cargo"
2021-06-20 57 1.179 $3.049 48.35 "top up prior to trip, all city driving"
2021-06-22 203 4.26 $3.369 47.65 "all up hill, ark river roads, lots of twist and turns in 4th gear plus drive through seven towns"
2021-06-23 195 2.763 $3.019 70.58 "rear driver (old cooper) tire went bad, limped from cambridge to sedan. speeds mostly under 55. down hill. best ever, not only on this stretch, but all time record"
2021-06-28 269 5.335 $3.189 50.42 "old 66 to south okc and back. outbound was fairly smooth and efficient, but got caught by a storm front sweeping east with heavy downpour leaving okc bringing the mpg way down"
2021-07-22 303 6.273 $3.179 48.3 "almost all in town driving. oil change mobil 1 full syn afe 0w-30"
2021-07-24 259 4.587 $3.169 56.46 "joplin and back via route 66. strong south wind on way home"
2021-07-30 180 3.596 $3.319 50.06 "top up prior to trip, all city driving"
2021-07-31 276 5.1 $3.309 54.12 "started to lose tread r rear tire, spare was flat so had to limp in to vinita. carrying 250 lb load 55-60 mph outbound, 50-56 mpg coming home rt 66/mo 43/i44/249 to carthage and back"
2021-08-21 417 8.456 $3.299 49.31 "all city driving"
2021-08-26 264 4.91 $3.249 53.77 "fidelity, mo and back on the big road, keeping speed close to 60. left lights on at destination so had to get a jump and leave car running while loading on several hundred lbs for the way home in 100 degree sun/heat"
2021-09-03 67 1.331 $3.379 50.34 "top up prior to trip"
2021-09-04 271 6.291 $3.449 43.08 "2 am to 7:30 am 169/59/35 to kc. hit storm front near cherryvale, last hundred miles in fast wiper downpour with high beams on. 59 bad road"
2021-09-04 298 4.195 $3.359 71.04 "nursed it gentle and slow homebound, cut west via le roy to connect with 75, to clear storm front. no signage s of fredonia, ended me up back at 169 & 400, so cut back west to 75 via independence. kept speed mostly under 55, stopped a lot, 300 miles took all day, but delivered a new record"
2021-09-13 60 1.451 $3.269 41.35 "top up prior to trip, all city driving"
2021-09-13 254 4.374 $3.269 58.07 ""
2021-09-14 243 4.239 $3.249 57.32 "springdale via alternate 412, then south fville and back via wedington. kept mph way down, was surprised by the mpg"
2021-09-16 278 4.631 $3.239 60.03 "home to dig it/west joplin and back via old 66 and connecting highways. in attempt to surpass recent record of earlier this week, i reviewed route, aired front tires to 42, and rear to just over 40, kept speed mostly below 55. got lost at corner of scheffendecker/coyote trail and 32nd in sw joplin on way home and lost a few mpg's on the hills west and back"
2021-09-26 265 4.869 $3.319 54.43 "all city driving"
2021-09-26 391 7.516 $3.309 52.02 "night driving most of route. 400 lb. load. old 66/us 60 to springfield, old 66/96 to carthage, 249/43/old 66 back home"
2021-10-01 82 1.577 $3.249 52 "top up before trip, all city driving"
2021-10-03 341 6.826 $3.489 49.96 "home to northfork then homeward to ava via 412/ok82/ok20/mo90/mo76/160/mo181/mo14. mountainous all the way through. hit major storm front from east of noel to cape fair, urban traffic throughout the greater branson region with many stops. all this combined to bring mpg down"
2021-10-03 230 3.726 $3.179 61.73 "ava to home via mo14/mo86/old 66. lost light west of afton"
2021-10-07 254 4.442 $3.319 57.18 "joplin and back route variation, 244/169/266 then normal route old 66/mo43 and back. carrying @100 lb load on way home. caught in traffic in nw joplin at rush hour, brought mpg down at least a bit, my recent numbers are spoiling me. i am thinking mpg will dip soon as the temp does"
2021-10-21 51 1.466 $3.519 34.79 "top up before trip. poor mpg (worst ever) cause for concern, possible factors; temps have dropped, perhaps a 30 degree difference, between this and last fill. all city street driving, three short trips. this am left car idling for several minutes, and also at pump waiting, right rear brake drum may be dragging, and finally, all four tires needed 6 lbs air"
2021-10-21 270 4.813 $3.519 56.1 "to mo and back via 244/old 66/us60 then n on cc to hornet, mo86 to joplin. took back roads from joplin to neosho, river/reding/saginaw/v/tipton ford/old scenic along shoal creek into n end of town. mostly in fourth/third/fourth @ 1800 rpm. first and last hour with lights on. tires at 42 psi all around"
2021-11-15 123 2.708 $3.389 45.42 "top up prior to trip"
2021-11-15 172 3.044 $3.379 56.5 "to eufaula and back via coweta"
2021-11-16 185 3.324 $3.359 55.66 "eufaula 2, rear right brake shoe de-lamination on stretch of construction forces detour s of muskogee on to turnpike then home"
2021-11-18 216 3.935 $3.339 54.89 "eufaula 3, with driving around town for parts"
2021-11-19 172 3.096 $3.309 55.56 "eufaula 4"
2021-11-20 174 3.372 $3.279 51.6 "eufaula 5, found hood ajar, and was on phone during transit"
2021-11-21 173 2.899 $3.269 59.68 "eufaula 6, kept speed down and paid careful attention"
2021-11-22 173 3.269 $3.259 52.92 "eufaula 7, stopped at grocery in council hill"
2021-11-23 180 3.148 $3.259 57.18 "eufaula 8, route variation via leonard and glenpool, on phone 2nd half"
2021-11-24 180 3.32 $3.259 54.22 "eufaula 9, repeat route variant of day before. strong headwind going south, brought mpg down a bit"
2021-11-26 194 3.812 $3.259 50.89 "eufaula 10 via bixby and glenpool"
2021-11-27 183 3.35 $3.259 54.63 "eufaula 11, via bixby and glenpool"
2021-11-29 180 3.22 $3.259 55.9 "eufaula 12, via bixby"
2021-11-30 179 3.218 $3.419 55.62 "eufaula 13, via bixby"
2021-12-02 179 3.342 $3.419 53.56 "eufaula 14, via bixby, mph 54-57"
2021-12-17 137 3.044 $3.419 45.01 "top up prior to trip, all city driving. replaced brake drum and shoes rear left"
2021-12-17 260 4.865 $3.419 53.44 "joplin and back via old 66 then 28 to strang and spavinaw, rejoining 66 east of vinita"
2022-01-04 159 3.658 $3.219 43.47 "top up prior to trip"
2022-01-04 268 4.821 $3.419 55.59 "joplin and back via old route 66, with slight variation, bb to mo 86, then up through reddings mill to cross shoal creek, and up jackson in to town"
2022-02-19 320 7.327 $3.719 43.67 """winter tank"" cold city driving, lots of start stop, small trips"
2022-02-19 267 5.017 $3.709 53.22 "to carthage via turnpike/i44/249 then old route 66 back home. had to push speed at or above 60 outbound, then babied snow back home @ 52 mph, to tug the trip mpg back up in to shape"
2022-03-03 147 3.054 $4.019 48.13 "fill up prior to trip, all city driving"
2022-03-04 175 3.098 $4.019 56.49 "eufaula 15 via leonard outbound with moderate south headwind, through coweta on way back home, managed to catch all coweta lights green. kept mph down close to 50"
2022-03-08 32 0.98 $4.219 32.65 "jenks and back, top up prior to trip. maybe worst ever, but also probably smallest amount pumped, less than one gallon"
2022-03-08 172 3.052 $4.219 56.36 "eufaula 16: favorable winds, cool temps, mph kept down to near 50 mph, return after dark, with lights on and heater fan part of the time, caught most coweta lights green"
2022-03-26 123 2.699 $4.109 45.57 "top up before trip, added .5 quart oil, increased psi in front to 44, rear to 42"
2022-03-27 376 6.833 $4.099 55.03 "to springfield and back via old 66, us 60. hauling 300 lb load, stopping twice outbound mph 53-60, and 4 times keeping mph down close to 52 coming back home, most of trip in dark, lr tire tread down to wear bars"
2022-04-11 244 5.197 $3.809 46.95 "top up before trip, all city driving"
2022-04-13 173 2.843 $3.809 60.85 "eufaula 17. 200 lb load, stiff headwinds outbound, 70 lb load, brisk tailwind headed home, caught all but one coweta light green, kept mph down close to 50"
2022-04-18 270 4.679 $4.119 57.7 "joplin and back via old 66, homebound carrying 150 lb load, last 50 miles in dark"
2022-04-26 91 2.717 $4.119 33.49 "this is a bit of an odd entry in which i combined two small top ups prior to my most recent road trips. i don't see much discussion of less than average mpg during urban driving for the d15z1, i try to be as vigilant as when i am on the road, but have been getting poor numbers recently. hoping with warmer weather things will improve"
2022-04-26 173 2.988 $4.049 57.9 "eufaula 18. outbound carrying load of 150 lbs, stopped s of council hill to collect wild fruit tree clippings, and pulled over both ways in boynton to let traffic by. also was caught by several lights both ways through coweta"
2022-05-19 352 7.761 $4.339 45.35 "around town tank"
2022-05-21 120 2.32 $4.339 51.72 "top up before trip, all city driving"
2022-05-23 430 8.238 $4.469 52.2 "wichita and back via pawnee, wellington, ridge rd, 13th, rock rd, latham sedan. combined tank, ict qt was an obvious overfill. outbound encountered stiff headwind 100 miles headed north plus 6 miles gravel at ninnescah river, homebound was raining second half of trip. mileage up 41.7, down 73.8"
2022-06-02 38 1.078 $4.719 35.25 "top up before trip, four or so short trips in neighborhood"
2022-06-02 346 6.003 $4.719 57.64 "joplin via old 66, then carthage, then sedan via carl jct, oswego, chetopa, stopping a lot, then back home"
2022-06-30 227 4.832 $4.799 46.98 "around town tank, oil due to be changed; dip stick registered full but the syn be looking a bit muddy approaching 12k. tires at 42 psi"
2022-06-30 341 5.658 $4.769 60.27 "carthage, joplin, sedan via old 66, apricot drive, 166, 99, and 11. mph strict tempo @ 51. last 90 miles carrying 600 lb load, with lights on. very happy with mpg"
2022-07-29 222 5.102 $4.079 43.51 "around town tank"
2022-07-30 283 5.021 $4.059 56.36 "carthage and back via old 66, getting lost between carterville and webb city, finally winding around to iron gates, , then down coyote/43/66 back home, carrying 700 lb load, and running lights on both ways"
2022-08-12 242 4.147 $3.819 58.36 "downtown joplin and back via old 66/c/86/main and back. kept mph down, but got caught by a number of lights and two trains. still just peachy for this route"
2022-08-17 90 1.914 $3.709 47.02 "top up before trip. city driving lncl to owasso and back"
2022-08-18 242 4.124 $3.919 58.68 "joplin and back, via old 66/cc/86/main. stopped by several lights, and stopped several times in seneca, also chelsea. tire psi 42 all around"
2022-09-25 215 4.552 $3.919 47.23 "all city tank, top up before trip, psi 42 all around"
2022-09-25 373 6.918 $3.909 53.92 "springfield and back via old 66 and us 60, carrying load of >850 lbs. lights on more than half the route, mph slightly higher than desired avg 54 until last 100 miles at @ 50"
2022-10-06 187 3.646 $4.019 51.29 "half town driving plus trip to wagoner. tires 42 psi"
2022-10-09 580 10.627 $3.999 54.58 "trip to north fork and back via old 66/us60, back roads from marionville to ozark, then 14/181/cc. return route followed 14 west to billings, then back roads through chesapeake to mount vernon, 44/49/fir road to dig it, then usual route back home"
2022-11-10 406 8.795 $2.849 46.16 "all city driving. tires up 42 psi. oil changed at start of this tank mobil 1 afe 0w 30 at 15,089 miles; odometer at 252000"
2022-11-13 71 1.803 $3.599 39.38 "top up before trip, all city driving"
2022-11-15 193 3.534 $3.909 54.61 "excellent uphill result, carrying 600 lb load, tul to ict via us 64/ok 18/old ark bridge, 9 mile rd to ponca/177/k15/rose hill rd"
2022-11-15 198 3.192 $3.549 62.03 "great mpg for this stretch. hard start, cold? downhill, carrying load 500lb 1st half, then 900 lb on in. reg route ict home via gordon/latham/dexter/sedan/pawhuska/skiatook. lights on 2nd half"
2022-12-19 326 7.696 $2.849 42.36 "first cold weather tank, corroded ground and bitter cold weather caused a lot of hard/no starts. new battery and cleaning connection solved issues. lots of short trips"
2023-01-15 293 6.447 $3.239 45.45 "second winter tank, lots of short trips, all city driving"
2023-01-26 372 6.579 $3.619 56.54 "three trips to muskogee and back via coweta and porter, and misc city driving"
2023-02-18 383 7.548 $3.459 50.74 "two more trips to muskogee and back, to jenks, and around town driving"
2023-02-18 277 4.982 $3.459 55.6 "carthage and back via old 66, and dig it on way home with 700 lb load, mostly night driving, kept mph down @ 51"
2023-03-01 285 5.244 $3.449 54.35 "trip to dig kcmo via 169/ks 68/mo st hwy d to blue river road, which was blocked so then parkways visiting foxton east past swope park then cleaver/van brunt to hardesty, then independence/70 to strawberry hill and back then 70 to little blue parkway. reached dawn south of garnett. no load, car as light as possible, tail wind, and uphill. fill up with 91 octane mo ethanol free"
2023-03-02 283 4.304 $3.199 65.75 "return from kcmo metro via i470/i49/mosthwyY/D/68/169. in dark with 200 lb load, keeping speed at @ 50, sometimes dropping below. downhill @ 1100 > 740. tires pressured up to 44 psi all around prior to trip. so pleased with result!"
2023-03-26 383 7.209 $3.299 53.13 "mostly city driving with trip to bville/dewey and back"
2023-03-27 374 6.435 $3.289 58.12 "trip to springfield and back via old 66 and 60. tires at 44 psi, carrying 600 lb load, dense fog latter half of outbound,.rush hour traffic pressing to go faster until back in ok, avg mph fluctuated between 47-55"
2023-04-01 269 4.425 $3.499 60.79 "trip to neosho then joplin, and back via old 66'us60/mo86/k. tires 44 psi, amazed at mileage even though stuck on the ba for 30 minutes with engine running stop and start to clear the scene of an accident. kept mph to 50 as much as possible"
2023-04-14 148 2.809 $3.639 52.69 "around town top up before trip, incl. 2 trips to turley and back. let a bit of air out of all tires =44 psi, due to rise in temps"
2023-04-14 236 3.688 $3.619 63.99 "neosho 2, via old 66/us60. strong south side wind, 80+ f temp, dark on homeward stretch. kept mph @ 49-51. made most lights. quite pleased with mpg!"
2023-05-11 401 8.167 $3.339 49.1 "around town tank"
2023-05-25 215 3.785 $3.679 56.8 "top up before trip, all city driving"
2023-05-26 217 3.348 $3.659 64.81 "old 66 to edmond and back. kept mph down to 50, but often under, 12 miles of construction at 45, and 25-40 through the towns, good weather, lots of butterflies. very pleased"
2023-06-20 303 5.903 $3.709 51.33 "fill up after wind storm, mostly all city, but includes trip to stroud and back via old 66"
2023-07-10 393 7.655 $3.439 51.34 "all city driving"
2023-07-14 53 0.931 $3.619 56.93 "top up before trip, all city driving"
2023-07-14 238 3.814 $3.619 62.4 "trip to edmond, and guestroom, via old 66"
2023-07-23 145 2.697 $3.709 53.76 "top up before trip, city driving lncl trip to indian springs. now running on ""new"" michelin harmony x in front"
2023-07-27 605 9.247 $4.119 65.43 "combined fuel (ict pump i think, always is an overfill...) for baldwin city/council grove/ict/sedan trip. carrying 400 lb load. left ict 2:20 pm, in sedan two hours. yehaw!"