| 2008-07-28 |
314 |
15.85 |
$5 |
19.81 |
"This is the first tank without alt and with tires pumped up." |
| 2008-08-05 |
453 |
25.49 |
$5 |
17.77 |
"Local road work made us detour up a steeper, longer hill. Also we did much less highway driving." |
| 2008-08-20 |
123 |
4.7 |
$3.77 |
26.17 |
"This is a trip to Seattle including some city driving but mostly highway. highway speed average about 70mph" |
| 2008-08-27 |
326 |
14.3 |
$5.99 |
22.8 |
"This last tank includes some hilly Bowen Island driving, some city and a good deal of highway. Also 1/4 of it with new oxygen sensor and 1/2 of it with the new salt flat discs. (hubcaps)" |
| 2008-08-27 |
52.3 |
2.18 |
$5.99 |
23.99 |
"This is an attempt to get a highway only run with new oxy sensor and salt flat discs. Turns out about 10 miles was city. 30mpg here I come!" |
| 2008-09-03 |
69.35 |
3.17 |
$5.94 |
21.88 |
"This is all Bowen Island driving. Very hilly and often short drives. Reflects in the relatively poor mileage." |
| 2008-09-03 |
55 |
1.78 |
$5.94 |
30.9 |
"This is all highway. Much drafting. Average 65 mph. New grille block and 2"" air dam." |
| 2008-09-04 |
56.36 |
1.76 |
$5.94 |
32.02 |
"Mission to Vancouver. Harris road to highway. Normal trip, just moving with traffic. some on backroads @55mph some at @65mph." |
| 2008-09-04 |
14.47 |
0.72 |
$5.94 |
20.1 |
"City driving only. I'm wondering why my city and highway mpg are so different." |
| 2008-09-04 |
41.76 |
1.367 |
$5.94 |
30.55 |
"Vancouver to Mission. No drafting, mostly pulse and glide. (an experiment) Basjoosed my headlights and hood before. Batteries at 70%" |
| 2008-09-25 |
392 |
16.93 |
$5.2 |
23.15 |
"This was mostly Hilly Bowen short trips with a couple town trips. Found timing retarded 5 degrees, fixed to stock will increase for next tank" |
| 2008-09-26 |
76.5 |
2.7 |
|
28.33 |
"Lougheed highway mission and some hilly city driving" |
| 2008-10-10 |
208.2 |
9.27 |
$4.82 |
22.46 |
"Just installed a block heater but only used it twice so it won't show up. Mostly bowen driving so this tank is pretty good." |
| 2008-10-21 |
361.8 |
17.17 |
|
21.07 |
"" |
| 2009-06-03 |
307.5 |
13.12 |
$4.02 |
23.44 |
"Most of this tank is with the new brake caliper, Mpguino is on the fritz so no help there. Front air dam and grille block were removed during the winter." |
| 2009-06-17 |
456.7 |
18.75 |
$3.21 |
24.36 |
"This tank was mostly Bowen with two town trips. I was P&G and EOC all over Bowen and town including pulsing up hills and accelerating at 75% ish throttle at most opportunities. I had the voltage up at 14-14.5 for 90% of this tank. New mini spoiler installed. One windshield wiper removed. Not using block heater, bad ecomodder!" |
| 2009-07-01 |
321 |
13.02 |
|
24.65 |
"This tank was the usual mix of 3/5 Bowen and 2/5 city/hwy. I was driving with a light pedal and not as much P&G. I wanted to compare these two techniques. Interestingly there is not much difference." |
| 2009-07-15 |
395.4 |
16.74 |
|
23.62 |
"This was a mostly Bowen tank. No new mods from last tank." |
| 2009-07-15 |
63.4 |
1.9 |
|
33.37 |
"1/2 Highway 1/2 city combined from Abbotsford to west van. Highway at 70 mph average. No P&G. steady throttle. Stuck in traffic for 20 minutes. 59 ton-mpg" |
| 2009-07-29 |
400.2 |
16.37 |
$3.85 |
24.45 |
"One quarter of this tank was with the new roof and side extensions and some use of A/C. The balance was the regular Bowen/hwy mix. Coast down is definitely longer. About 1/2 block heater use." |
| 2009-08-12 |
42.9 |
1.48 |
$3.85 |
28.99 |
"Highway run. Something is up because I used to get above 30 for these." |
| 2009-08-12 |
297 |
12.36 |
$3.85 |
24.03 |
"" |
| 2009-08-19 |
171.7 |
6.52 |
$4 |
26.33 |
"Short tank. All with new kammback." |
| 2009-08-19 |
58.35 |
1.98 |
$4 |
29.47 |
"Highway run from Silverdale to West Van Chevron, Hot day so upper grille block is off. No idle and some coasting. Just discovered left rear drum brake dragging. Next tank should show some improvement." |
| 2009-09-02 |
266 |
11.15 |
|
23.86 |
"More Bowen driving than usual." |
| 2009-09-02 |
57.22 |
1.59 |
|
35.99 |
"All highway/city from Abbotsford Via Lougheed highway to West Van Petro-can. Getting great coast downs and 17inches
+ vac @80Kph. Also timed lights and traffic very well." |
| 2009-09-09 |
174.6 |
7.1 |
|
24.59 |
"Bowen and city. City half with TCC lock. 1/2 of Bowen roads are gravel right now because of impending repaving so I ran 35 psi., 10 lower than normal on Bowen. Both rear brakes have been converted to manual adjust." |
| 2009-09-10 |
75.44 |
2.18 |
|
34.61 |
"#1 Highway from Abbotsford to Bowen. TCC in full operation.
A little city driving in here." |
| 2009-09-25 |
340 |
14.26 |
$3.73 |
23.84 |
"Lots of odd things happening on this tank. Test driving, etc. mostly on Bowen. First full tank with the TCC lock switch. Several trips without block heater. Front tires at low pressure to reduce pothole shock while repaving happens." |
| 2009-10-07 |
371.7 |
14.29 |
$3.7 |
26.01 |
"Full tank with TCC lock. Trying to EOC more. Back to 12V for 2/3 tank. This is a new record for a mixed tank. This used to be my highway mileage. Includes an 85km trip with a full load of wood. Fully synthetic 5-20" |
| 2009-10-07 |
64.7 |
1.838 |
$3.7 |
35.2 |
"Highway/city tip. Abbotsford to North Van via Lougheed. Rush hour traffic in Vancouver." |
| 2009-10-20 |
567.7 |
18.78 |
$3.6 |
30.23 |
"Record tank and combined mileage on this tank. 818km/508mi. Most of this, I believe, is due to the TCC lock switch. I am able to climb hills in a much higher gear and be locked up in OD at 3Omph." |
| 2009-11-04 |
438 |
15.58 |
$3.86 |
28.11 |
"More Bowen driving on this tank. Possibly winter gas." |
| 2009-11-11 |
280.3 |
10.5 |
$3.75 |
26.7 |
"Wet / cold weather and more Bowen driving. Patchy use of block heater. The winter MPG blahs have started. Still, way above last year's winter's 22mpg" |
| 2009-12-09 |
571.6 |
22.4 |
$3.56 |
25.52 |
"Packing a full load for 100km and a bit of non hypermiling." |
| 2010-08-12 |
522 |
17.45 |
$3.8 |
29.91 |
"More city and highway driving than usual. Van was little used for a few months there hence the gap." |
| 2010-09-13 |
60.33 |
1.624 |
$4 |
37.15 |
"Misson Costco to Powell st Husky via #1 then 200th then Fraser Highway to New West. 60/40 city Hwy.
Heavy use of EOC now possible with the two series 31 yellow tops. Van was loaded with about 600 lbs of supplies for this trip." |
| 2010-09-13 |
522 |
17.72 |
$3.78 |
29.46 |
"Regular driving with small loads." |
| 2010-09-15 |
45 |
1.15 |
$4.3 |
39.13 |
"P&G from Abbotsford Costco to Vancouver Powell st. Husky. With a load of 600lbs" |
| 2010-10-03 |
407.6 |
13.21 |
$2.99 |
30.86 |
"No changes." |
| 2010-10-20 |
513 |
15.25 |
$3.78 |
33.64 |
"Filled up in the states. Better gas gave me 3 mpg." |
| 2010-10-20 |
96.4 |
2.52 |
$3.8 |
38.25 |
"A-B-A highway run. Abbotsford to Vancouver and back with a few miles of city thrown in. Average speed ~ 65 mph. P&G 200 lbs load." |
| 2010-11-08 |
491.2 |
16.83 |
$3.78 |
29.19 |
"Some driving without EOC" |
| 2010-12-08 |
637 |
24.3 |
$4 |
26.21 |
"About half of this tank I had most of my mods reversed to pass a safety inspection. It felt like I was driving a lead slug. I used to catch a lot of speed on certain inclines on the highway but with the tail, dam, skirts and wheel covers removed I sometimes slowed down coasting those same inclines." |
| 2011-03-23 |
392 |
15.18 |
$4.5 |
25.82 |
"Can't seem to get much above 25 without the airdam, kammback and wheel skirts." |
| 2011-05-26 |
289.4 |
10.4 |
$4.5 |
27.83 |
"I have managed to keep the 12v attached for a few months now. In the past I've had to disconnect it about once a week. That and the warm weather seems to be giving me better results than expected without the full kamm and airdam." |
| 2011-06-25 |
587.3 |
18.8 |
|
31.24 |
"All town driving. City highway mix." |
| 2011-07-02 |
587.6 |
17.89 |
|
32.85 |
"Mostly Lower mainland driving." |
| 2011-07-13 |
550 |
16.59 |
|
33.15 |
"Mostly driving between mission and our new house. No changes." |
| 2011-07-26 |
528 |
16 |
|
33 |
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