2010-01-01 75 2.58 29.07 ""
2010-02-11 392 15 26.13 ""
2010-02-14 370.3 13.48 27.47 ""
2010-06-25 445 14 31.79 "Long distance driving (plenty of hills and corners)"
2010-07-19 279.9 9.872 $4.76 28.35 "about 20% highway and 80% city/rushhour"
2010-08-04 336.3 10.09 $4.925 33.33 "65% city, was paying attention to FE for the whole tank.

Also, I pumped up my tires to 34psi (35 is max). That seemed to make quite a big difference, on the off ramp I take I used to gain about 5km/h coasting down, and now I gain about 10km/h."
2010-08-25 442.7 13.34 33.19 "Pretty much same as last tank. Had a passenger for about 150km, who complains about my speed aroud corners, so I was a bit heavier on the slowing/accelerating with them."
2010-09-28 460.4 15.42 29.86 "usual driving, with the exception of have a driving test, so there was about 45min/25km of non-economy driving (which I blame for the bad tank)."
2010-10-26 448 14.45 $5.357 31 "the car was parked for a while, getting moved up and down the driveway to make way for other cars, all with the engine cold. otherwise pretty normal."
2010-11-14 389.5 11.9 $5.5 32.73 "Lots of decent length return trips (~30km each way, with the engine not getting too cold between). Route included a massive hill, but it is DFCO friendly on the way down (80km/h area with speed camera, and coasting would probably allow >120).

My mother drove the cat to the vet on a hot day, so there is ~40 miles of A/C on driving by someone that hasn't driven a manual in over a month."
2010-12-11 361 12.13 $5.56 29.76 "Odo: 288591
7.9 l/100km

Tank included:
*Driving test (45min of city driving with lots of idling while talking to the test person)
*Two return trips over an incredibly steep and winding hill
*Lots of driving with passengers that want windows down or AC on
*Lots of driving with very strong head winds.

Probably almost 100% city, I can't remember the last time I went on the highway."
2011-01-10 367 13.5 $5.659 27.19 "Odo: 289182km
Mileage : 8.26l/100km

Mainly local/city driving, and my grandparents borrowed the car for about 200km of the tank.

Rotated tires on Jan 19 at 289250km (which was 20,000km overdue, according to the sticker on the windshield)"
2011-03-01 369.3 12.71 29.06 "there seems to be a missing tank before this one, as I filled the car on the way to the airport for a 3 week trip, but had left the book at home.

Odo: 290282km"
2011-05-11 483.3 15.5 $6.47 31.18 "Tank lasted over two months

Mixed driving, not much rush hour though, which is always good.

Odo: 291060km"
2011-05-31 441.7 14.88 $6.463 29.68 "Odo: 291771km
7.92l/100km

Lots of driving over a hill that's too steep to even just engine brake down. Also a lot of it involved passengers, who tend to complain about me driving at 90km/h in the 100 zones."
2011-06-30 461.74 15.26 30.26 ""
2011-07-18 423.71 14.67 28.88 "Odo @ 293196"
2011-08-03 421.1 14.33 29.39 "odo @ 293874"
2011-08-15 237.8 8.61 27.62 "odo @ 294256

It snowed. I didn't drive in the snow, but it's the first time it happened here as far back as anyone can remember, so that is worthy enough for a break on the bad tank"
2011-08-30 231.65 7.61 30.44 "odo @ 294629"
2011-09-24 445.21 15.35 29 "odo @ 295346

lost the gas receipt, liters worked out from credit card bill and estimate of fuel price (published by the AA a week before)"
2011-10-13 500.33 16.88 29.64 "odo @ 296151

driving with the red light on for over 50km, was starting to make me a little nervous, I've never tested how true the 70L capacity is"
2011-11-16 470.69 15.55 30.27 "odo @ 296908

red light came steady at ~745km. Starting to track this so I can guess how well a tank has done before I fill up"
2013-04-20 31.44 0.88 35.73 "Top up so I can have a fresh tank for my 1 day road trip"
2013-04-20 366.55 10.33 35.48 "Road trip from Wellington to Hastings and back.

Engine was warm the entire time. Tried to go as slow as possible (~85km/h), but sometimes speeding up was required to avoid making people angry on one lane roads.

Running on RON 95, seems to improve FE by improving performance at low RPM (so I can stay in top gear longer)

odo @ 307892km"
2013-05-06 500.51 15.78 31.72 "Normal driving routine, fuel light came on at ~780km

Got 2 new Michelin Energy XM2s on the back the next day, looking forward to the next tank!

odo @ 308697km"
2013-09-19 551.78 17.04 32.38 "Empty light came on around 800km (before top up)

Had an extra 6liters put in towards the end of the tank as there was a day or two before I could go shopping to get a 40c/l discount voucher.

Lower Grill block added near the beginning of the tank.

Need to remember to update my log more often, keep on losing receipts :/"
2013-10-03 667.6 20.37 32.77 "odo: 315368

Added 16.97 liters as I was waiting for a discount voucher."
2013-10-19 509.15 16.77 30.36 "odo: 316187


Lots of short trips on a cold engine.

a quarter tank after this fill the XM2s got rotated to the front (putting it here so I don't forget)"
2013-11-07 538.17 15.59 $1.83 34.52 "odo: 317054km
Empty light at 850km (best ever).

Best tank ever for a normal tank (e.g. not all open road).

Pretty ""normal"" cycle. Had good tires on from about 100km in, and good tires (new) put on back around the 300km mark. LED running lights added 800km in, won't really show until next time (I always had headlights on in the past)"
2013-12-08 571.35 16.27 $1.86 35.12 "Empty light at 860km"
2013-12-30 407 12.51 32.53 "ODO: 318628"
2014-01-13 133.53 3.8 $1.9 35.14 "ODO: 319191

I think this is the tank just after I installed the MPGuino"
2014-01-17 159.32 4.03 $1.88 39.53 "ODO: 319448

Fill up before driving up to Mount Ruapehu"
2014-01-22 224.63 7.07 $1.94 31.77 "ODO: 319809

Fill up before return trip from mountain.
Rural gas stations are way more expensive

Driving up to the mountain was in convoy with a quite fast lead car, so gas mileage suffered, a lot."
2014-01-22 220.34 5.74 $1.88 38.39 "ODO:320164 (320K!!!)

Trip back from mountain. Had a fuel economy comp with the other guy in his 2003 Corolla hatch. He was determined that 1.6l auto vs 2.2l manual (he though auto was better) meant he was sure to win. I won (by 0.1l/100km)."
2014-03-02 430.49 13.36 $1.89 32.22 "ODO: 320857

Moved close to the city, now I walk to work. So the car is generally used for groceries and driving out to visit family. While less rush-hour, the engine spends a lot of time in the city while cold which sucks."
2014-04-10 422.66 15.4 27.45 "Odo: 321537

Worst tank in a while/ever. Volunteered to be a driver for a work offsite trip, turned out to be an amazing race type thing which involved a lot of moderately rushed driving in cities followed by a trip over a massive hill. At the end of that trip I was on 9.5l/100km, so it's improved a lot considering that was 1/3 of the tank"
2014-06-08 477.4 15.93 29.97 "ODO:322305"
2014-07-27 486.6 15.46 31.47 "ODO:323514"
2014-10-04 523.77 16.79 31.2 "ODO: 324358"
2015-12-13 433.9 14.88 29.16 "ODO: 329430"