2009-11-25 273 11.8 $2.75 23.14 "92 octane, no help"
2009-11-30 313 12.1 $2.75 25.87 "Snow tires. Adding these old fuelups to show why I started changing my driving behavior & modding my car."
2009-12-06 320 13.4 $2.75 23.88 ""
2009-12-18 319 13.2 $2.75 24.17 "Pumped the snow tires up to 44psi (was 33), pulled the A/C fuse so it won't run when I use the defogger (most days here in the soggy PNW), and pulled the trailer hitch - goodbye 27lbs of dead weight. Starting to try pulse & glide 50-60mph, instead of my usual 65mph all the time. Turns out you can coast for a while on I-5, lots of rolling hills."
2009-12-22 186 7 $2.72 26.57 "Short trips & cold starts"
2009-12-23 372.5 12.46 $2.72 29.9 "Work trip, mostly highway, 3 big guys + heavy equipment, snow tires, 87 octane winter fuel."
2009-12-26 374 12.58 29.73 ""
2010-01-06 331 11.42 28.98 ""
2010-01-11 434.9 13.85 31.4 "First 400-mile tank! Kept the vac at 5 and used the kill switch a lot. Took 4 people over the pass and went ice climbing."
2010-01-21 451.8 13.87 $2.8 32.57 "Commute, warm weather helps. Got the oil changed, they probably idled it a while checking codes. Only ~170 miles at the halfway mark, there's room for improvement. Gage on the bottom of the E letter = 13.9 gallons, no fuel light yet! 87 octane, snow tires"
2010-01-30 405.2 12.68 $2.76 31.96 ""
2010-02-06 411.4 12.87 $2.94 31.97 ""
2010-02-12 434 13.23 $2.76 32.8 ""
2010-02-16 424.7 13.54 $2.74 31.37 ""
2010-02-21 384.5 12.27 $2.75 31.34 ""
2010-03-01 445.4 14.07 $2.9 31.66 ""
2010-03-07 385.4 11.95 $3.1 32.25 "Leavenworth"
2010-03-19 423.4 12.9 $2.94 32.82 "Leavenworth + commute, snow tires, 87"
2010-03-24 421.3 13.06 $2.96 32.26 "Swapped to Summer Tires at 300mi"
2010-04-02 322.6 10.86 $2.96 29.71 ""
2010-04-08 367.7 12.28 $3.02 29.94 ""
2010-04-11 350 11.01 $3.2 31.79 ""
2010-04-16 404 12.21 33.09 ""
2010-04-23 406.5 12.96 $3.04 31.37 ""
2010-05-03 382.4 12.76 29.97 ""
2010-05-22 341.5 11.56 29.54 ""
2010-05-25 279.1 9.648 28.93 ""
2010-06-08 415.3 14.19 29.27 ""
2010-06-15 420.5 13.45 31.26 ""
2010-06-20 348.2 12.24 28.45 ""
2010-06-26 368.4 10.99 33.52 ""
2010-06-30 409.7 11.83 34.63 ""
2010-07-06 334.4 10.84 30.85 ""
2010-07-10 327.1 12 27.26 ""
2010-07-14 376.7 10.84 34.75 ""
2010-07-18 334.2 12.09 27.64 "Leavenworth trips, filling up in the mountains & filling up in town led to a lot of variability!"
2010-07-22 420.7 12.54 33.55 ""
2010-07-30 365.2 11.86 30.79 ""
2010-08-05 383.8 11.56 33.2 ""
2010-08-08 216 7.56 28.57 ""
2010-08-16 388 11.59 33.48 ""
2010-08-22 342.5 11.01 31.11 ""
2010-08-29 355 11.78 30.14 ""
2010-09-06 414 13.15 31.48 ""
2010-09-11 354.8 11.4 $3.19 31.12 ""
2010-09-22 445.7 13.13 $2.94 33.95 "Removed passenger side mirror, added wide angle rearview. Lost a hubcap, replaced it. Removed mudflaps."
2010-10-07 419.4 12.76 $2.96 32.87 "Installed air dam. Temps getting cooler."
2010-10-22 473.7 14.6 $3.05 32.45 "Ran out of gas... whoops. Note to self, the fuel light doesn't come on, and the capacity of the tank is 14.6, not 15.9 as in the manual.
Added flat wheel covers to the right side (only got my hands on 2), noticed the car started pulling left. Interesting."
2010-10-23 383 13 $3 29.46 "La Grande, OR"
2010-10-23 373 12.65 $3.8 29.49 "Sublette, ID. Front wheel bearing failed and took the cv with it in Ontario, OR at 4am. Subaru dealer opened at 9 and we were rolling by 10:30. Gas in Sublette is an extra $1 per gallon. Next time, don't skip twin falls."
2010-10-25 395 12.64 $2.8 31.25 "Moab, UT"
2010-10-27 371.2 11.34 $2.8 32.73 "Ogden, UT"
2010-10-28 379 12.35 $3 30.69 "Vale, OR. Driving 75mph straight through from Moab to Bend."
2010-10-29 331.7 11.26 $3 29.46 "Bend, OR"
2010-11-01 403 12.58 $3.1 32.03 "Seattle"
2010-11-11 370.6 12.42 $3.08 29.84 "Lots of short city trips. Colder weather. Towards the end of the tank I changed the oil to 5w40 synthetic and pulled the clutching fan."
2010-11-22 424.4 13.14 $3.08 32.3 "Pulled the power steering pump; new timing belts, synthetic rear diff oil, replaced the 1-wire oxygen sensor with a heated sensor, and added a potentiometer to the coolant sensor to reduce cold-start enrichment. Car is running way better! Flush turn signals & coroplast upper & lower grill block, love that gorilla tape."
2010-11-28 434 12.02 $3.1 36.11 "Portland round trip. No air dam. Snow tires, 80% grill block."
2010-12-06 412.8 12.6 $3.16 32.76 "Commuting & city driving, plus one trip to Hyak for some skate-skiing. Temps were getting too warm so I removed the upper grill block & closed off the lower grill entirely. Now it's running cooler. Cardboard hood insulator works wonders, the car warmed right up after 2 hours in the parking lot at 25 degrees."
2010-12-15 429.7 12.65 $3.14 33.97 "New spark plugs. Driving in a slightly higher RPM band under load, 2500-3500, instead of 1500-3000. Found a BSFC chart that shows pretty poor consumption below 2000 at full throttle, so I'm keeping the VAC above 10 there now. Also found that previous versions of my car had a vacuum switch that triggered enrichment at 5inHg, so I'm staying above 5 all the time.

http://glasairproject.com/GlasairI/AirSig/Torq&HP_Graphs/EA-82SE.gif"
2010-12-21 427.8 12.74 $3.14 33.58 "One horrible commute (stop & go); two trips to Snoqualmie in high winds. Unplugged the Idle Air Control Valve, because my idle was too high most of the time (2000 at startup, 1200-1400 when warm). Now it idles down at 650-1000, and the deceleration fuel cut lasts all the way down to idle, so I don't have to use the kill switch as much. Five tanks in a row above 32mpg, it feels good!"
2010-12-27 428 12.48 $3.16 34.29 "Commute + round trip to Snoqualmie"
2011-01-07 414.4 12.36 $3.18 33.53 "Commutes, lots of car-pooling. One round trip to Snoqualmie."
2011-01-12 341 11.03 $3.26 30.92 "Tatoosh! 4 people + snow camping gear + skis on the roof rack. Many miles of snow on the way home."
2011-01-18 410.2 12.47 $3.17 32.89 "Commute + snoqualmie round trip."
2011-01-28 421.5 12.91 $3.25 32.65 "Commute; front wheel bearings going bad, rotors warped"
2011-02-11 408.6 11.89 $3.34 34.37 "New front wheel bearings, valvoline synthetic grease, brembo rotors ($17!?). Car rolls noticeably smoother.

Right rear flat was patched by Les Schwab for free, but it's got a slow leak now, have to add air every week."
2011-02-15 399.8 12.29 $3.32 32.53 "Commute plus a 4-person trip to Skyline Ridge at Stevens Pass, with skis on top of the car. Stop & go traffic on the way back."
2011-02-21 396.4 12.31 $3.3 32.2 "Commute plus two round trips to Snoqualmie, one with skis on the rack."
2011-02-26 350.6 11.94 $3.37 29.36 "Puyallup on the way to Paradise. Commute plus one trip to Snoqualmie. Not sure why the MPG dropped."
2011-03-01 397.5 11.66 $3.54 34.09 "Paradise, snoqualmie. Looks like fillup variability. 217k miles on the car"
2011-03-06 411.8 12.59 $3.56 32.71 "Smith Brook Road overnight ski trip, 4 people with skis on the rack."
2011-03-14 347.2 11.24 $3.64 30.89 "Commute, Alpental after work"
2011-03-26 396.8 12.26 $3.64 32.37 "Commute, filled up in Puyallup on the way to Rainier - Tatoosh skiing, 4 people + skis on the rack. Pulled the driver's side mirror (both side mirrors are off now), and added internal side mirrors. Lubed the idle air control valve and plugged it back in - it works now! Super easy. It was sticking before and causing a very high idle."
2011-04-02 371.8 10.9 $3.85 34.11 "Filled up with E0 at the Grainge Supply in Issaquah, let's see how it goes!"
2011-04-09 342.1 9.508 $3.9 35.98 "Grange E0. All commute miles."
2011-04-10 304 9.291 $3.9 32.72 "Grange E0. Vantage with bikes on back, going faster than usual. Muffler inlet pipe failed at the flange - sounds like a boat. WHAT?"
2011-04-21 352 9.825 $3.999 35.83 "Grange E0. Commute. New muffler!"
2011-04-29 375.3 10.2 $4.039 36.79 "E0 commute. Block heater!"
2011-05-08 420.7 11.73 $4.24 35.87 "Olympia Fast Fuel E0 89. Portland round trip and mountain biking @ Capitol forest. I think this pump shut off closer to full than my usual Issaquah pump, so the next tank might be better!"
2011-05-29 505.6 12.56 $3.999 40.25 "First 500 mile tank, and first 40mpg tank! Olympia to Seattle to Bellingham to North Bend for weekend trips, plus a couple of work commutes. Getting lots of bike miles in for Bike to Work Month.

This tank reading is probably high because the Olympia fillup went past Full, and the Issaquah Grange always cuts off a little short. But averaged out, they're still two good tanks.

Swapped out to summer tires, 165/80-13 Primewells, nothing special."
2011-06-11 317.9 8.72 $3.999 36.46 "E0, commute and not much else."
2011-06-11 200.1 5.02 $3.999 39.86 "Issaquah to Esmeralda Trailhead to Issaquah. Wanted to top off with E0 before next week's road trip."
2011-06-15 441.2 12.48 $3.899 35.35 "Road Trip Tank 1: Bend with bikes, skis, and climbing gear in the car. Decided not to spring for E0 at $4.47, and went for E10 at $3.89."
2011-06-20 329.9 10.07 $3.999 32.76 "Road Trip Tank 2. Chelatchie Prairie E0. Previous fillup was E10, so I think that's part of the mileage decrease. Bikes on the rack from Bend to Mt St Helens"
2011-07-10 386.8 10.68 $3.899 36.22 "E0, short fill, the needle is below F. Some extended idling after new radiator was installed."
2011-07-23 452.4 11.73 $3.899 38.57 "E0, commute. Guess that last tank wasn't a short fill? Setting the pump handle to less than max speed for more consistent fill-ups."
2011-07-24 330.6 8.24 $3.919 40.12 "Esmeralda Peak & Pearly Gates. E0"
2011-07-29 384.2 9.95 $3.799 38.61 "Omak E0 after a hike in the Pasayten wilderness"
2011-07-31 426.7 11.92 $3.949 35.8 "Cle Elum E0. Headwinds, Air Conditioning, and Mountain Passes, oh my! Loup Loup and Sherman Pass are steep, and there was a constant headwind coming back from Colville. Had a lot of time to think of those planned aeromods..."
2011-08-13 408.2 10.63 $3.899 38.4 "Wedgewood E0, long fill."
2011-08-27 502.3 12.33 $3.899 40.74 "Marysville E0. New windshield!"
2011-09-03 400.6 11.05 $3.959 36.25 "Marysville E0"
2011-09-11 418.2 10.56 $3.999 39.6 "Squamish. Spirit E0"
2011-09-17 461.6 11.52 $3.999 40.07 "Grange E0 after Teanaway trip. Turns out the fuel supplier mixed up the diesel & gas. I got a tank full of diesel from the 87 pump. Oops. Towed home, drained the tank, replaced the fuel filter, smokes a bit but runs fine now."
2011-09-26 464.4 12.81 $3.749 36.25 "E10 and fast driving after Diesel Debacle"
2011-10-08 342.8 11.59 $3.999 29.58 "Ugh, driving 70mph with 3 mountain bikes on the rack, burning E10. I feel dirty!"
2011-10-15 427.6 11.33 $3.899 37.74 "Back to E0. Put the external side mirrors on - I'm no longer commuting with this car, just doing weekend trips to the mountains. I tend to have a full car so seeing out the back is a problem. Drove 65-70mph on this trip, but with no bikes."
2011-10-28 268.4 8.32 $3.939 32.26 "Cle Elum E0 on the way to Smith Rock"
2011-10-30 318.7 8.85 $4.399 36.01 "Redmond, OR E0. Unfortunately they pump gas for you in Oregon, and I didn't ask the price before the fillup. Yikes!"
2011-11-02 471.1 12.51 $3.959 37.66 "Magnolia 76 E0 after the drive home & a couple commutes."
2011-11-19 290.4 10.03 $3.75 28.95 "Snoqualmie with skis on top & 4 dudes, driving 70mph"
2011-11-24 350.8 10.86 $3.699 32.3 "Wenatchee Petroleum E0"
2011-11-26 456 13.09 $3.819 34.84 "Cle Elum Storeys E0. Coasted in on fumes, and hit the $50 limit. Short fill, will average out next time."
2011-12-14 455.8 13.98 $3.469 32.6 "Safeway E10"
2011-12-22 392.5 11.57 $3.579 33.92 "Grange E0"
2011-12-31 442.1 12.71 $3.579 34.78 "Grange E0. Commuting (ugh) and skiing."
2012-01-05 436.7 13.06 $3.579 33.44 "E0, skiing trips"
2012-01-12 425.9 12.88 $3.699 33.07 "E0 skiing trips"
2012-01-21 414.11 13.64 $3.469 30.36 "Safeway E10. Skiing."
2012-01-26 403 12.29 $3.639 32.79 "E0, skiing"
2012-02-03 416.8 12.59 $3.579 33.11 "E10, skiing"
2012-02-08 409.1 11.55 $3.579 35.42 "E10"
2012-02-14 361 11.45 $3.639 31.53 "E10"
2012-02-17 281.4 9.02 $3.619 31.2 "E10, filling up before Mazama trip"
2012-02-20 386.4 12.57 $3.59 30.74 "Returning from Mazama, E10"
2012-02-25 405 11.79 $3.998 34.35 "E0"
2012-02-28 392.4 11.86 $3.949 33.09 "E10

2/28/12 392.4 11.86 33.1 3.949"
2012-03-04 386.5 12.87 $3.929 30.03 "E10, smith brook road, 4 ppl with skis on rack"
2012-03-10 347.5 11.11 $4.049 31.28 "E10 Cle Elum"
2012-03-13 422.8 13.24 $4.039 31.93 "E10"
2012-03-21 390.6 12.93 $4.049 30.21 "E10"
2012-03-24 351.6 10.87 $4.329 32.35 "E10 Cle Elum"
2012-04-08 424.7 11.97 $4.109 35.48 "E10, last tank on snow tires for the season!"
2012-04-15 450.4 12.54 $4.159 35.92 "Portland trip, E10 summer tires with upper grill block & both side mirrors."
2012-04-21 420.6 11.7 $3.979 35.95 "E10"
2012-04-25 434 11.98 $4.019 36.23 "E10"
2012-04-30 424.1 12.24 $4.079 34.65 "E10"