2008-07-01 367.7 9.587 $4.459 38.35 "Pump #5, Valero. Coast downhill on freeway, turn off engine on long lights, maintain 60-65mph on freeway, about 80% freeway driving, just have oil change, use 5-30W Castrol Oil."
2008-07-05 311.5 8.198 $4.459 38 "Pump #5, Valero. About 10% more city driving."
2008-07-10 363.7 9.228 $4.439 39.41 "Pump #5, Valero. 90% highway driving"
2008-07-14 251.8 6.268 $4.299 40.17 "Pump 14, Concord Costco. Tires are pumped to 44psi. Shift less than 2K. Turn off engine when waiting long traffic light"
2008-07-17 259.6 6.684 $4.379 38.84 "Pump #5, Valero. Maybe it was not topped last time @ costco. Grill blocked for last 90 miles. Went to SF, more city driving, a lot of lights, stops, cooler temp."
2008-07-20 254.4 6.53 $4.319 38.96 "Pump 5, Valero. Most freeway driving, almost no neutral coasting, very bad traffic jam (<5mph) for about 2 miles; bad traffic for about 40 miles (stop and go, < 35mph). Lower grill block taken away since fan is turned on too much with both grill blocked."
2008-07-25 388.4 9.51 $4.219 40.84 "Valero Pump #5, EOC about 12 miles. Upper grille is blocked, tire pressure decreased to 42psi. Pump back to 44psi after gas refill. More drafting after trucks, slow down to 60mph"
2008-07-29 354.3 8.741 $3.959 40.53 "Pump #12, Costco. 5% cheaper in price!!! Slow down to 60mph on freeway, shift and maintain below 3000rpm, usually below 2500rpm unless going uphill. Tire to 44psi. Stuck in traffic 30 minutes in SF (stop n go) Only engine off @ very long traffic light. no EOC. Changed Mobile1 synthetic transmission oil after 50miles in this tank. (1st change in its 130K life), feel little better, not much change."
2008-08-03 431.1 10.47 $4.059 41.17 "Towermart, Pump#3. First time over 400 miles, highest mpg. First half tank does better than the second half because more city driving in the last 100 miles in SF."
2008-08-06 210.5 5.209 $3.919 40.41 "Concord Costco Pump#6. stuck in traffic on Monday for 20 minutes."
2008-08-11 396.8 10.03 $3.979 39.56 "Valero pump 5, oh, overflow the gas tank...."
2008-08-17 453.9 10.32 $3.919 43.98 "Valero, pump #5, Since top off last tank. Usual high mpg and range. First tank with scangauge. Average speed is lower than 50mph. Freeway speed is around 50mph to 60mph. Most of time below 60mph. Try to maintain >40mpg in freeway or 21TPS."
2008-08-22 331.6 8.707 $3.859 38.08 "Valero Pump#7, one tire blow out...... upper grille removed."
2008-08-24 280.7 6.525 $3.719 43.02 "Costco pump 10. Costco gas is great!! Cheap and higher mpg than Valero!!!"
2008-08-27 364.4 8.42 $3.719 43.28 "Costco Pump 10. Great mpg!! SGII is only 5% difference from the actual mpg."
2008-09-02 454.5 10.67 $3.699 42.6 "Costco pump# 15."
2008-09-07 411.7 9.7 $3.699 42.44 "Costco, Pump 10. Very hot this week. Turn on A/C sometimes, take out the grille block as the fan turns on even on freeway..."
2008-09-12 386.5 9.12 $3.679 42.38 "Costco Pump 13. Grille blocked off, temp gets cooler."