0000-00-00 |
832 |
9.018 |
|
92.26 |
"" |
2009-02-18 |
550 |
9.854 |
$1.899 |
55.81 |
"Just purchased car, and first tank. Got 67mpg on highway, driving car home from Detroit. Followed semi's were possible to conserve fuel. Lot's of leg room for a small car and 6'2"" frame." |
2009-03-16 |
646 |
9.176 |
$1.859 |
70.4 |
"Learning how to drive the car! (adjust the nut behind the wheel)." |
2009-03-30 |
624 |
8.819 |
$2.099 |
70.76 |
"Radiator block, hot air intake, learning what the car likes." |
2009-04-14 |
653 |
9.13 |
$2.039 |
71.52 |
"Tire pressure to 45 psi" |
2009-04-29 |
677 |
8.975 |
$1.999 |
75.43 |
"Getting warmer! Tire pressure at 50 psi." |
2009-10-02 |
761 |
9.366 |
$2.399 |
81.25 |
"Car sat all summer while working on under-body air smoothing panels. Coverage about 50%. Grid trickle charger for HV battery using Variac and full-wave bridge." |
2009-10-19 |
764 |
9.508 |
$2.599 |
80.35 |
"Slowly adding more completed panels to under-body." |
2009-11-04 |
764 |
9.986 |
$2.679 |
76.51 |
"Under-body coverage about 75%. Fall has arrived; getting colder." |
2009-11-18 |
676 |
8.854 |
$2.599 |
76.35 |
"Temps in the 40's and windy." |
2009-12-09 |
695 |
9.148 |
$2.569 |
75.97 |
"First snow and still windy. 75% radiator block." |
2009-12-21 |
630 |
9.588 |
$2.549 |
65.71 |
"We've had some pretty cold days here. Started doing some coast down testing, so this cuts into mileage." |
2010-01-06 |
568 |
9.139 |
$2.729 |
62.15 |
"More coast down testing. 80% radiator block. Roads very rough. Running at higher speed on smooth highway instead of slower and rougher back roads." |
2010-01-18 |
580 |
8.678 |
$2.699 |
66.84 |
"It's amazing how the Insight mileage is affected by even small amounts of snow. If there are several inches, it's hard to maintain even 60 mpg." |
2010-01-29 |
614 |
9.089 |
$2.599 |
67.55 |
"" |
2010-02-11 |
626 |
9.621 |
$2.499 |
65.07 |
"" |
2010-02-24 |
683 |
9.669 |
$2.659 |
70.64 |
"Back roads extremely buckled. Taking new route to avoid rough roads, but still many rough spots. More stops than old route, but way smoother overall." |
2010-03-10 |
699 |
9.41 |
$2.759 |
74.28 |
"" |
2010-03-31 |
753 |
9.875 |
$2.799 |
76.25 |
"" |
2010-04-19 |
776 |
9.396 |
$2.829 |
82.59 |
"" |
2010-05-05 |
775 |
9.102 |
$2.939 |
85.15 |
"Am able to start driving on old route again, since road surface irregularities are smoothing out again due to warmer temps." |
2010-05-26 |
815 |
9.612 |
$2.559 |
84.79 |
"Had cold week with rain.
Finished up under-body panels before starting on tail. Coverage now about 90%. Everything is covered except second cat and muffler." |
2010-10-13 |
796 |
9.548 |
$2.849 |
83.37 |
"New tail. Worked 4 months over summer to complete with ""rough"" finish. Will be sanded smooth next year. Some cold and windy days already. Almost forgot to mention that the 2/3 full gas tank sat for 4 months as well, and maybe this affected the mileage for this tank." |
2010-11-02 |
768 |
9.879 |
$2.779 |
77.74 |
"Wow, we had a 50 mph storm day on 10-26-10, with pounding rain and near blind driving. Tail held-up, but mpg suffered that day. Regen also maxed out any time the brakes were just touched, but then cleared up on the way home after drying." |
2010-11-16 |
791 |
9.935 |
$2.959 |
79.62 |
"About 1/2 the days this tank were windy (over 5mph). Still doing coast down tests if roads are dry. New tail seems to be doing fine, and has a brushed coat of apple red paint to cover Bondo for winter. Some people get way too close when following the car!" |
2010-12-03 |
752 |
9.529 |
$2.799 |
78.92 |
"" |
2010-12-17 |
636 |
9.679 |
$2.949 |
65.71 |
"" |
2011-01-07 |
675 |
9.148 |
$3.079 |
73.79 |
"" |
2011-01-20 |
621 |
8.942 |
$3.079 |
69.45 |
"" |
2011-02-04 |
626 |
9.202 |
$3.149 |
68.03 |
"Constructed Meanwell power supply (Dabrowski design) to replace Variac. Auto-transformer did not have voltage isolation when tires were wet from road salt." |
2011-02-22 |
659 |
8.945 |
$3.159 |
73.67 |
"Stopped doing coast-down tests since GPS unit does not give enough data to really calculate Cd properly.
Added MIMA-CL to car during weekend with temps in 20's." |
2011-03-09 |
729 |
9.251 |
$3.499 |
78.8 |
"" |
2011-03-25 |
778 |
9.146 |
$3.529 |
85.06 |
"" |
2011-04-12 |
794 |
9.655 |
$3.849 |
82.24 |
"Very cold temps for this time of year. Many rain days." |
2011-04-29 |
783 |
8.767 |
$3.999 |
89.31 |
"Started using more of the HV battery to/from work with MIMA-CL. Grid charge battery at night. Have a hard time getting the SOC to reboot properly with the key-on-pos-recal method by Uhtrinity." |
2011-05-19 |
887 |
9.198 |
$3.899 |
96.43 |
"Using MIMA-CL and grid charging at night. IMA battery looses about 10 volts after grid charging when it's really hot (90F and above)." |
2011-06-02 |
857 |
9.24 |
$3.799 |
92.75 |
"As best as I can tell from photo's taken, the tail was removed from the car around June 5th or so, to finish smoothing. It was found to be extremely water-logged with trapped water running out from the fiber-glass on the underside of the tail." |
2011-06-17 |
897 |
9.845 |
$3.599 |
91.11 |
"This is the first summer that I am able to drive the car throughout the warmer months.
Two summers ago, I was working on smoothing the under side of the car, and last year it was making the tail extension.
Warmer weather, here we come!" |
2011-07-13 |
974 |
8.999 |
$3.659 |
108.23 |
"The dash (FCD) showed 103mpg for this tank.
We've had a lot of hot days this summer. Much more than usual. Really helps MPG numbers.
Had several 33 miles runs showing 128mpg after arriving home from work." |
2011-08-03 |
999 |
9.353 |
$3.699 |
106.81 |
"Over 1000 miles on less than 10 gallons!!!
Made good use of the car, MIMA-CL, and the newly installed FAS (several days old). Mostly key-off FAS until the official board was installed.
The FCD showed 110mpg." |
2011-08-30 |
1073 |
9.352 |
$3.659 |
114.73 |
"Coasting really saves fuel. There are probably 10 places on the way home where one can coast for 10 seconds or more." |
2011-09-21 |
998 |
9.428 |
$3.599 |
105.85 |
"Fourth 1000 mile tank.
From the dates on photo's, it appears that the tail was put back on the car on 09-25-11." |
2011-10-21 |
1030 |
9.928 |
$3.359 |
103.75 |
"Fifth 1000 mile tank." |
2011-11-03 |
1000 |
9.455 |
$3.349 |
105.76 |
"Sixth 1000 mile tank." |
2011-11-23 |
875 |
9.28 |
$3.259 |
94.29 |
"Colder weather now, lowers the MPG's." |
2011-12-13 |
822 |
9.096 |
$3.189 |
90.37 |
"Middle of December now." |
2012-01-05 |
796 |
8.609 |
$3.359 |
92.46 |
"" |
2012-01-24 |
737 |
8.944 |
$3.279 |
82.4 |
"" |
2012-02-14 |
816 |
9.535 |
$3.399 |
85.58 |
"" |
2012-03-06 |
875 |
9.65 |
$3.699 |
90.67 |
"" |
2012-03-30 |
1011 |
9.33 |
$3.939 |
108.36 |
"First 1000 mile tank." |
2012-05-14 |
942 |
9.982 |
$3.689 |
94.37 |
"Car is involved in accident. Car driven between auto-body shop and alignment shop, so mileage way down.
Underbody panels removed for alignment, and still not back on since there are rusted fasteners that broke off in mounting holes. Need to fix." |
2012-06-06 |
1027 |
9.588 |
$3.539 |
107.11 |
"Second 1000 mile tank." |
2012-06-27 |
1078 |
9.536 |
$3.479 |
113.05 |
"Third 1000 mile tank." |
2012-07-19 |
1157 |
9.824 |
$3.399 |
117.77 |
"A lot of EOC and hot summer temperatures.
The battery pack lost about 40% of it's capacity due to normal use in high temps. Now only use it for EOC coasting.
Word to wise; spare the battery in the summer." |
2012-08-14 |
1090 |
9.462 |
$3.879 |
115.2 |
"Ordered new (used) battery sticks for battery pack reconditioning." |
2012-09-15 |
1079 |
9.903 |
$3.899 |
108.96 |
"Replaced one stick in pack and put battery back in car." |
2012-10-08 |
1018 |
9.993 |
$3.799 |
101.87 |
"Replaced battery stick, while it has ""capacity"" when measured on test bench, has high internal leakage and self discharges very quickly.
Word to wise: test sticks for self discharge before putting in pack." |
2012-10-26 |
959 |
10.154 |
$3.429 |
94.45 |
"" |
2012-11-09 |
827 |
8.958 |
$3.359 |
92.32 |
"" |
2012-11-28 |
748 |
9.065 |
$3.359 |
82.52 |
"4 new Potenza tires; mileage dropped from 88 to 82mpg." |
2012-12-13 |
754 |
9.033 |
|
83.47 |
"" |
2013-01-08 |
745 |
9.645 |
|
77.24 |
"Snow, snow, snow.
The weather is in a pattern of snowing, two days of no snow, the roads just about get clear again, ... and then it snows." |
2013-01-22 |
676 |
8.935 |
|
75.66 |
"" |
2013-02-05 |
664 |
9.686 |
|
68.55 |
"" |
2013-02-18 |
700 |
9.701 |
|
72.16 |
"Same snow pattern for well over one month now.
Can't count the number of times I've been forced on the highway due to extremely bumpy, or plain impassable back-roads this winter." |
2013-03-04 |
702 |
9.535 |
|
73.62 |
"" |
2013-03-19 |
680 |
9.794 |
|
69.43 |
"" |
2013-04-05 |
811 |
9.772 |
|
82.99 |
"" |
2013-04-23 |
777 |
9.252 |
|
83.98 |
"" |
2013-05-13 |
935 |
9.978 |
|
93.71 |
"" |
2013-05-28 |
988 |
10.13 |
|
97.53 |
"" |
2013-06-18 |
1045 |
9.788 |
|
106.76 |
"" |
2013-07-10 |
1013 |
9.175 |
|
110.41 |
"" |
2013-07-31 |
1075 |
9.78 |
|
109.92 |
"" |
2013-08-23 |
1061 |
10.175 |
|
104.28 |
"" |
2013-09-16 |
976 |
9.3 |
|
104.95 |
"" |
2013-10-07 |
902 |
9.291 |
|
97.08 |
"" |
2013-10-23 |
832 |
9.018 |
|
92.26 |
"" |
2013-11-08 |
782 |
9.088 |
|
86.05 |
"" |
2013-11-25 |
764 |
9.279 |
|
82.34 |
"" |
2013-12-12 |
672 |
8.914 |
|
75.39 |
"" |
2013-12-23 |
671 |
9.335 |
|
71.88 |
"" |
2014-01-14 |
609 |
8.788 |
|
69.3 |
"" |
2014-01-30 |
601 |
8.899 |
|
67.54 |
"Wow, this winter is cold, and it just keeps going. And it seems like snow every 3 days." |
2014-02-12 |
679 |
9.571 |
|
70.94 |
"" |
2014-02-25 |
690 |
9.164 |
|
75.29 |
"" |
2014-03-14 |
745 |
9.094 |
|
81.92 |
"" |
2014-04-02 |
819 |
8.809 |
|
92.97 |
"" |