2009-01-01 250 16 15.63 "Before reading the article that was to change my life"
2009-01-28 334.9 17 $3.79 19.7 "After modifying driving habits, before any physical changes"
2009-03-24 236 10.85 $3.79 21.75 "After first round of upgrades (aero, electrical) on latter part of the tank"
2009-04-02 305.6 13 $3.79 23.51 "Full tank of aero and electrical mods, plus partial tank of stage 2 upgrades"
2009-04-22 145.1 6.15 $3.79 23.59 "1/2 belly pan added, electric fan and brakes installed, for part of tank"
2009-04-22 161.3 6.7 $3.79 24.07 "running tonneau tests (80.6 miles on, 80.6 miles off) at 65mph, over 90% highway, no load."
2009-04-29 282.2 11.5 $3.79 24.54 "Full tank with electric brakes, alt belt off, belly pan, wiper deletion, electric fan"
2009-05-11 238 10 $3.79 23.8 "had to do some idling as battery ran too low"
2009-05-22 154.6 6.32 $3.79 24.46 "no power steering pump for latter part of tank (but alt belt on to turn water pump)"
2009-06-02 254.5 9.476 $3.79 26.86 "Full tank of manual steering. Part tank of deep cycle batteries and aux lights in grill. (one trip with LED aux lights)"
2009-06-14 200.2 8.22 $3.79 24.36 ""
2009-06-24 281.3 10.76 $3.79 26.14 "further underbody panels along sides and in rear
relatively small loads this past tank"
2009-07-09 142.9 5.013 $3.79 28.51 "Trip to SJ empty, return with 14 boxes of acoustic tile, heavy, but was able to leave cover on.
45mph both ways."
2009-07-18 170 7.139 $3.79 23.81 ""
2009-07-28 116.7 4.954 $3.79 23.56 ""
2009-08-11 240.1 10.7 $3.79 22.44 "inc hauling 3 tons of concrete over the highway, and through a hilly section of city streets.
truck barely made it up the steepest one!"
2009-08-25 273.7 11.03 $3.79 24.81 ""
2009-09-01 364 14.7 $3.79 24.76 ""
2009-09-09 293.1 11.9 $3.79 24.63 ""
2009-09-24 352.2 13.99 $3.79 25.18 ""
2009-10-01 256.2 9.539 $3.79 26.86 ""
2009-10-15 342.3 13.7 $3.79 24.99 ""
2009-10-29 437 16.93 $3.79 25.81 ""
2009-11-10 285.6 10.39 $3.79 27.49 "first full tank of tonneau tilt"
2009-11-18 264.1 10.67 $3.79 24.75 ""
2009-12-01 263.8 10.55 $3.79 25 "pump auto shut off not working, filled all the way to tip of filler neck"
2009-12-03 121.9 4.025 $3.79 30.29 "Almost all highway, almost all flat, no load (except passenger) (testing run, home to SJ and back)"
2009-12-19 296.4 10.86 $3.79 27.29 ""
2010-01-05 158.1 6.761 $3.79 23.38 ""
2010-01-13 305.6 11.82 $3.79 25.85 ""
2010-01-23 270.4 10.53 $3.79 25.68 ""
2010-02-04 310.5 11.2 $3.79 27.72 ""
2010-02-19 300 10.52 $3.79 28.52 ""
2010-03-05 334.7 12.67 $3.79 26.42 ""
2010-03-25 299.1 9.954 $3.79 30.05 "Pulse and Glide for most highway driving"
2010-04-05 220.1 8.564 $3.79 25.7 "included two trips into Oakland hills, very steep and windy"
2010-04-21 246.7 8.874 $3.79 27.8 ""
2010-05-09 300.6 9.677 $3.79 31.06 "just regular driving, nothing special"
2010-05-25 387.3 13.1 $3.79 29.56 ""
2010-06-24 229.6 8.364 $4.09 27.45 ""
2010-07-14 389.9 12.9 $4.09 30.22 ""
2010-10-11 418.4 13.96 $4.09 29.97 ""
2010-11-17 369.5 13.07 $4.09 28.27 ""
2010-12-13 318.9 11 $4.64 28.99 ""
2011-05-07 855.8 30 28.53 "2 tanks combined - forgot to top off, so tank before read too high, most recent read too low - added both numbers together to get average of both tanks combined"
2011-05-27 354.9 13.59 $4.64 26.11 ""
2011-06-11 359.4 15.05 $4.64 23.88 "concrete hauling job on this tank - had to drive with it extra far, as first concrete recyclers wouldn't accept it!
Nothing like 3 tons of extra weight to kill mpg"
2011-06-23 357.4 13.643 $4.62 26.2 "Faircompanies.com filmed this fill up!!"
2011-08-01 338.6 15.453 $4.64 21.91 "Biodiesel melted a fuel line. Turns out it had been beginning to melt during filming, which explains why it was hard to start. Killed battery before finding the problem. All in all, used a lot of fuel in correcting the problem. On the plus side, I'm pretty sure I've found and replaced all of the original fuel line now "
2011-08-26 398.7 14.608 27.29 ""
2011-09-21 237 8.9 26.63 ""
2011-10-17 342.7 13.969 $4.64 24.53 "more concrete"
2011-11-01 370.2 14.513 $4.64 25.51 ""
2011-11-30 401.5 17.3 $4.64 23.21 "Being very lazy about P&G.
As in, not doing it at all..."
2011-11-30 401.5 17.3 $4.64 23.21 "had to reinstall alternator due to battery charger dying.
But, able to leave it off frequently, since coming up with brilliant idea of putting solar panel on the roof while parked!"
2012-01-05 328 12.957 $4.64 25.31 "Had a flat tire, and was unable to secure wheel well cover after removing it to access the wheel. Need to make a new one."
2012-02-15 372.4 14.84 $4.64 25.09 ""
2012-03-07 320.3 11.702 $4.64 27.37 "Mostly repairs and small hauling jobs - almost all trips this tank were with the cover down.

Running with alt on due to lots of rainy days, haven't replaced wheel cover yet.

New video is out. Better step it up, the world is watching..."
2012-03-21 467.55 17.652 $4.64 26.49 ""
2012-04-09 268 9.405 $4.64 28.5 ""
2012-04-24 170.36 6.465 $4.64 26.35 "replaced all 4 tires (M+S in back, very worn highway in front) with LRR truck tires (General Grabber) toward end of this tank.
Alternator belt on for almost entire tank"
2012-05-04 381.5 13.572 $4.64 28.11 "no alternator belt for most of this tank"
2012-05-14 185.7 6.444 $4.64 28.82 "full tank of new tires (LRR) and no alt. belt"
2012-05-23 194.3 6.6 $4.79 29.44 "wheel spats"
2012-05-31 124.7 4.175 $4.79 29.87 "fill-up prior to test run"
2012-05-31 120.8 3.568 $4.79 33.86 "first full tank with full length belly pan and OVERDRIVE

was supposed to be a test run, but ran into extremely heavy traffic on the return leg due to accident, spent 40 min in parking-lot/freeway, long enough to hit daily rush-hour commute traffic.
Therefor test run canceled."
2012-05-31 103.3 2.707 $4.79 38.16 "Test run. All highway, no load, some P&G as traffic, grades, and road conditions allowed."
2012-06-01 107.5 2.856 $4.79 37.64 "BFO -> SJ and back with kammback"
2012-06-02 197.2 5.25 $4.79 37.56 "smooth front hubcaps, P&G to 53 instead of 55 - monster tailwind out / headwind back"
2012-07-10 474.7 15.6 $4.79 30.43 ""
2012-08-10 407.7 14.262 $4.79 28.59 ""
2012-09-21 490.7 18 $4.79 27.26 "replaced rubber fuel line section to water separator, new (electric) fuel pump - spilled a good bit of fuel during changes!

Also, hauling job at the very top of Marin (25+% grade! Seriously.)"
2012-09-27 139.8 4.7 $4.79 29.74 "concrete job, and detour through Oakland hills (up to skyline)"
2012-09-28 224.2 6.418 $4.79 34.93 "Mostly highway, small load"
2012-10-26 564 18.85 $4.89 29.92 "concrete, full move, lumber!"
2012-11-14 483 16.7 $4.89 28.92 "rocks to Watsonville, concrete, hills"
2012-12-14 468.9 17.683 $4.89 26.52 "rocks from Watsonville, to Sonoma"
2013-02-03 164 5.6 $3.87 29.29 "fill at Blue Sky"
2013-02-13 294.6 10.4 $3.87 28.33 "fill at Blue Sky Biofuel"