| 2009-02-01 |
367.5 |
8.79 |
|
41.81 |
"1st tank mostly below freezing temps. Some snow. Confirmed miles with GPS. My tires are taller than original. Installed MPGuino." |
| 2009-02-13 |
358 |
8.7 |
|
41.15 |
"Part way during this tank I cleaned up the pistons in the calipers and the car rolls more easily now Stays in leanburn longer .Cold temps" |
| 2009-03-06 |
374.8 |
7.62 |
|
49.19 |
"Got egr working.It was frozen solid .WD40 and carb cleaner ." |
| 2009-03-15 |
412 |
9.32 |
|
44.21 |
"Finally got my Autospeed voltage monitor kit which can be used as a leanbun light in the vx . I bought the kit and assembled it . I came with instructions thankfully since I know nothing about electronics." |
| 2009-04-18 |
409 |
8.09 |
|
50.56 |
"Almost all highway miles. Temp in 40's Speed not over about 65 mph . While monitoring the MPGuino and leanburn monitor I see now that highway Mpg is all about aero ( drag from vehicle speed and relative wind speed ) Ill try to put the average highway speed and relative wind in from now on since it makes a large impact in fe." |
| 2009-05-05 |
486 |
9.49 |
|
51.21 |
"95 % highway and rural. Temps 40's and 50's .Rain for 150 miles Speed average 46 mph.Some stops. More headwind than tailwind. Next tank will show vx wheels and LRR Somitomo htr tires in 165-70-13" |
| 2009-05-18 |
515 |
9.23 |
|
55.8 |
"First half of trip with my old tires and steel wheels. Average speed from MPGuino 50 mph ,some stops, headwind probably less than 5 mph. First half of tank MPGuino gave 52.6 mpg. Total tank 55.7 so either the new tires help a lot or I had a nice tailwind on the return trip. Likely some of both .Forgot to get speed for entire tank. I will have to recalibrate the MPGuino since I now have the oem size tires." |
| 2009-05-29 |
585.3 |
9.612 |
|
60.89 |
"I knew this would be a good tank since the GPS read 585 miles (0do 584 miles ) and the vx has a 10 gal. tank ... but over 60 mpg !! Not sure this is right . Seems too good to be true. Maybe I filled on a bit of a slope. Anyhow was in leanburn over 90% of the time. Average speed for tank was 42 mph from MPGuino. Some highway at about 60 MPH and the rest rural driving 40 - 55 mph. About equal headwind and tailwind and about 10 stops which of course drags down average speed." |
| 2009-06-02 |
436.6 |
8.08 |
|
54.03 |
"Headwind for about 300 miles therefor less time in leanburn. Rain for 100 miles. Average speed from MPGuino 46.3 mph." |
| 2009-06-14 |
543 |
9.27 |
|
58.58 |
"Only 50 miles in the rain. Possibly more tail wind than headwind. Mpguino average speed was 45.75 mph for the tank. 95% highway and rural miles. Top speed about 67 mph but mostly about 60 on the highway. The rural section helps the average mpg because the speed limits are only 45-55 mph and at those speeds the vx gets excellent mileage . I just try to stay in leanburn as much as possible." |
| 2009-06-26 |
487 |
9.11 |
|
53.46 |
"Average speed 46mph. A little more in town driving this tank. Actually I expected this tank to be a little better . This fill was right to the cover and I lost a little gas on the ground . Mpguino indicated slightly better mpg than I got ( it is usually spot on) so I feel I managed to get a little more gas in the tank this time." |
| 2009-07-07 |
525.2 |
8.94 |
|
58.75 |
"Average speed from MPGuino 49.5 mph. Basically same trip as before." |
| 2009-07-19 |
580 |
9.83 |
|
59 |
"Same route. A few stops . Average speed from MPGuino 49 mph. More tailwind then headwind." |
| 2009-07-31 |
572 |
9.87 |
|
57.95 |
"1st half of trip I had a definite headwind (56 mpg )but the return was with a tailwind (60 mpg )." |
| 2009-09-03 |
543 |
9.9 |
|
54.85 |
"" |
| 2009-09-27 |
521.9 |
9 |
|
57.99 |
"" |
| 2009-10-07 |
632.9 |
11.58 |
|
54.65 |
"250 miles in the rain. Temps in the 40's . This is the last of my long commutes until the spring. Most of my entries from now on will be short trips with no highway." |
| 2009-12-01 |
398 |
9.5 |
|
41.89 |
"Some snow . Temps mostly around 20-30F. All short trips with no highway. Winter gives fuel economy a big hit. I don't drive the vx much in the winter" |
| 2010-04-30 |
455 |
9.3 |
|
48.92 |
"Car was parked for most of the winter. I will use it now until November for my long commute." |
| 2010-05-01 |
391 |
8.8 |
|
44.43 |
"One long trip of 150 miles the rest of the tank was short trips of less than 8 miles" |
| 2010-05-05 |
424 |
8.3 |
|
51.08 |
"First trip to work this year. Temps in the 40's . More headwind than tailwind." |
| 2010-05-17 |
501 |
9.5 |
|
52.74 |
"" |
| 2010-05-21 |
458.1 |
7.9 |
|
57.99 |
"" |
| 2010-06-05 |
582.4 |
9.69 |
|
60.1 |
"This tank I decided to use my GPS to record my average speed on the highway portion ( 205 miles at an average speed of 61 mph) The rest of the tank is at the posted limit" |
| 2010-06-10 |
497.7 |
8.37 |
|
59.46 |
"Average speed from GPS on highway (205 miles) = 62 mph ." |
| 2010-06-29 |
547 |
9.09 |
|
60.18 |
"Average speed on highway = 60 mph" |
| 2010-07-10 |
556.5 |
8.87 |
|
62.74 |
"Average speed on highway from GPS = 60 mph . Average speed for tank from MPGuino = 49.5 mph Mostly in the 60s for temp. More tailwind than headwind." |
| 2010-07-23 |
607 |
10.28 |
|
59.05 |
"More headwind than tailwind . I managed to get more than 10 gallons in the tank for the first time." |
| 2010-08-01 |
578.1 |
9.56 |
|
60.47 |
"Same trip . Average speed on highway from gps = 61 mph. Temps in the 70's" |
| 2010-08-28 |
567 |
9.78 |
|
57.98 |
"Same trip . More headwind than tailwind" |
| 2010-09-01 |
521.1 |
9.3 |
|
56.03 |
"Almost all interstate at 63 mph. Light wind" |
| 2010-09-04 |
448.2 |
7.6 |
|
58.97 |
"Almost all Interstate at average speed of 64 mph.Had a nice tailwind the entire trip . My vx will not get 59 mpg at 64 mph . Only the tailwind made it possible." |
| 2010-10-09 |
541.4 |
10.15 |
|
53.34 |
"Getting colder. Mostly short trips of less than 10 miles" |
| 2010-11-10 |
447 |
9.46 |
|
47.25 |
"All shorts trips . Long highway commutes are over until spring" |
| 2010-12-13 |
404 |
9.57 |
|
42.22 |
"" |
| 2011-03-18 |
336 |
8.9 |
|
37.75 |
"" |
| 2011-03-31 |
356 |
9.94 |
|
35.81 |
"Cold, snow, all short trips . Hard to believe this car will get almost always over 55 mpg highway in the summer." |
| 2011-04-19 |
430 |
9.4 |
|
45.74 |
"" |
| 2011-04-26 |
460 |
9.2 |
|
50 |
"" |
| 2011-05-09 |
442 |
8.8 |
|
50.23 |
"" |
| 2011-05-16 |
417 |
8.7 |
|
47.93 |
"" |
| 2011-05-22 |
433 |
9.2 |
|
47.07 |
"" |
| 2011-06-02 |
505 |
9.9 |
|
51.01 |
"" |
| 2011-06-14 |
445.2 |
7.78 |
|
57.22 |
"Mostly tailwind." |
| 2011-06-22 |
499.6 |
8.55 |
|
58.43 |
"" |
| 2011-07-03 |
496.8 |
8.9 |
|
55.82 |
"" |
| 2011-07-10 |
416.1 |
7.29 |
|
57.08 |
"" |
| 2011-07-20 |
474.7 |
7.98 |
|
59.49 |
"" |
| 2011-08-06 |
549.1 |
9.8 |
|
56.03 |
"" |
| 2011-09-29 |
473.2 |
8.44 |
|
56.07 |
"" |
| 2012-04-23 |
506.1 |
8.8 |
|
57.51 |
"Started driving the vx again for the summer. 240 miles on the highway at average speed of 59 mph from gps.The rest of tank at posted limit. Some city driving this tank. I would guess this tank about even as far as headwind / tailwind goes.
I put new calipers on the car and it really rolls better than before.
Really good tank for April since it is still cold most days." |
| 2012-05-01 |
604.5 |
10.1 |
|
59.85 |
"My normal trip plus about 20 miles of stop and go city driving . Average speed on highway 60 mph. Very light wind for first half trip. Return trip slight tailwind. Average speed from Mpguino for tank 36.57 mph" |
| 2012-05-14 |
423.5 |
7.23 |
|
58.58 |
"Normal trip with about 20-30 minutes of idling while trying to charge battery but alternator had failed. Wind calm first half of trip. Slight tailwind on return trip" |
| 2012-05-24 |
578.6 |
9.54 |
|
60.65 |
"Normal trip. Eastbound leg of trip had wind light and variable. Return trip had tailwind. Average speed on highway portion 61 mph (205 miles).Average speed for tank was 47 mph. 50-60 degrees OAT" |
| 2012-06-08 |
567.1 |
9.34 |
|
60.72 |
"" |
| 2012-06-19 |
557.9 |
8.94 |
|
62.4 |
"Same trip. Average speed on highway = 60mph Average speed for tank = 49mph. No city driving at all. Getting warmer" |
| 2012-06-27 |
560.1 |
9.19 |
|
60.95 |
"Same trip . Average speed on highway 61 mph. Average speed for tank 47.5 mph. Only reason I managed to get in the top ten is because I did not drive the car at all during the winter, therefore my 90 day is pretty good" |
| 2012-07-14 |
577.2 |
9.01 |
|
64.06 |
"Same trip. Average highway speed = 61 mph
Average speed for tank = 49 mph. Tailwind on return trip. OAT = 60-70 degrees. Filled at a different pump than the one I usually use" |
| 2012-07-25 |
561.9 |
9.01 |
|
62.36 |
"Same trip. Average speed on highway = 61 mph
Average speed for tank = 48.5 mph. First half of trip wind light and variable. Return trip slight tailwind. OAT = 60-70 degrees. Filled at my regular pump." |
| 2012-08-10 |
547.8 |
8.48 |
|
64.6 |
"Same trip. Average speed on highway = 61 mph
Average speed for tank = 49.8 mph
OAT = 70- 80 degrees" |
| 2012-09-01 |
582.1 |
9.11 |
|
63.9 |
"Tailwind on return trip. OAT 70-80 degrees" |
| 2012-09-12 |
561.2 |
9.21 |
|
60.93 |
"Not my regular trip. Headwind and rain first half of tank (58 mpg). Nice tailwind on return leg (64 mpg).
9 fills in a row that car got over 60 mpg." |
| 2012-09-21 |
580.5 |
9.6 |
|
60.47 |
"Tailwind in one direction and slight headwind on the return. It is getting cooler. OAT about 55-60 degrees. Not my normal pump for fill-up." |
| 2012-10-10 |
532.8 |
9.18 |
|
58.04 |
"Normal trip. Getting colder . Westbound leg was only 30-35 degrees . Return was 40-50 degrees OAT" |