2010-07-10	270	15.068	$2.739	17.92	"Trip - Houston - Dallas, I-45, Speed limit, First day of truck ownership."
2010-07-12	277	18.837	$2.739	14.71	"Town"
2010-07-16	225	15.684	$2.699	14.35	"Town"
2010-07-23	496	31.877	$2.699	15.56	"Town"
2010-08-01	383	27.386	$2.759	13.99	"Town"
2010-08-12	455	31.003	$2.799	14.68	"Town"
2010-08-21	168	11.66	$2.759	14.41	"FUEL LEAK"
2010-09-01	527	32.75	$2.749	16.09	"Town - FIRST TANK OVER 16 mpg AVG"
2010-09-17	490	32.264	$2.799	15.19	""
2010-09-27	231	17.109	$2.779	13.5	""
2010-09-27	377	20.058	$2.869	18.8	"Trip - I35 Southbound to the hill country, 65"
2010-10-02	176	10.993	$2.869	16.01	"Hills - Errands back home"
2010-10-02	356	19.687	$2.899	18.08	"Return Trip - Back roads & hills, 65 mph top speed"
2010-10-10	301	20.891	$2.869	14.41	""
2010-10-23	624	44.294	$2.886	14.09	""
2010-11-04	387	28.924	$2.869	13.38	""
2010-11-19	430	30.866	$2.959	13.93	""
2010-11-26	386	25	$3.09	15.44	""
2010-12-18	760	55.684	$3.089	13.65	""
2010-12-25	227	16.985	$3.199	13.36	""
2011-01-03	407	32.222	$3.059	12.63	"First signs of injector trouble, snow/ice day, very cold. no winter cover/block heater, 104,240 miles"
2011-01-29	448	30.825	$3.199	14.53	""
2011-02-04	566	41.723	$3.299	13.57	""
2011-02-12	314	20.881	$3.349	15.04	""
2011-02-25	406	32.209	$3.359	12.61	"Town - SEIZED REAR BRAKE CALIPER - 105,974 miles"
2011-02-27	121	8.36	$3.499	14.47	""
2011-03-16	521	31.56	$3.739	16.51	""
2011-04-15	908	56.785	$3.799	15.99	""
2011-05-04	488	32.09	$3.919	15.21	""
2011-05-24	446	27.087	$3.769	16.47	""
2011-06-07	342	27.087	$3.619	12.63	"signs of injector trouble 108,800 miles"
2011-06-14	288	19.419	$3.789	14.83	""
2011-06-24	314	22.118	$3.659	14.2	""
2011-07-14	387	27.034	$3.699	14.32	""
2011-07-21	266	19.947	$3.789	13.34	"Very high EGTs for very little perceived power output. Lots of burn for not much go."
2011-07-23	382	21.739	$3.899	17.57	"Trip - Back roads & hills, speed limit"
2011-07-24	417	20.65	$3.759	20.19	"Trip - Back woods & hills, 55 mph w/ cruise except in steep hills"
2011-07-31	209	11.743	$3.759	17.8	"TOWN - Stock truck best record, short tank. At the time, I figured I'd blown the cobwebs out of it, and my problems were gone."
2011-08-06	271	16.894	$3.699	16.04	"A little less gentle with the throttle, truck is behaving quite well, good power output without high EGTs at inappropriate times"
2011-08-23	429	30.996	$3.674	13.84	"Signs of injector problems. High EGT, low power, still no black smoke. One puff of white smoke at start *hot morning too*, didn't even last a second."
2011-09-04	397	24.931	$3.669	15.92	"Town - TWO INJECTORS DIE, almost simultaneously. Failure scenario of each was electrical death, open coils on solenoid. All 6 injectors replaced, and more. 112,160 miles"
2011-10-21	387	27.651	$3.569	14	"Town - First tank in non-stock truck, New injectors, new 5"" exhaust, new fuel pump/filtration system, new air intake ram, smarty power turned up as high as ~400 HP / 800 ft-lbs. Blew out a few cobwebs. FIRST RE-PROGRAMMED ECM TANK - All tanks after this one have some non-stock ECM program applied unless otherwise specified."
2011-10-27	343	24.016	$3.599	14.28	"Town - ~1000 ft lbs, ~500/HP. Just having fun with the truck running nicely again."
2011-10-27	354	21.297	$3.799	16.62	"Trip - Towing ~4000 lbs, Backroads and hills, 55-65 with low-ish boost/egt targets. Not concentrating much on economy, but still in the forefront of my thoughts."
2011-10-30	335	21.771	$3.799	15.39	"Hills - Errands around home, ~430 HP / 850 ft-lbs, unloaded, but lots of hill pulls."
2011-10-30	354	15.696	$3.589	22.55	"Trip - Return trip, back roads & hills. Power setting ~140 HP / 250 ft-lbs. Hard limiter on the engine at 55 mph. Drove the limiter, throttle as light as possible to not feel SOP change in engine pull when limiter cycled in and out. DWL / target avg ~5 psi boost w/ pull to 10 on occasion, up to 20 leaving a stop... target 600 EGT, with occasional peaks to 800-1000 briefly. Watching boost more than actual egt burn."
2011-11-04	164	8.631	$3.659	19	"TOWN - Power setting ~140 HP/ 250 ft-lbs. Route planning, coasting, picking better transition spots each day, top speed 45, target speed w/in 5 mph of limit. Easy accel. EGT target less than 600, 600 sustained. Rare peaks to 800. Short tank. 114,343 miles"
2011-11-07	57	2.514	$3.649	22.67	"UltraGauge calibration, manual recommended a minimum of 2.5 gallons for initial calibration. It had been telling me I was getting 2.63 mpg prior to this. I knew that 57-60 miles would put me near 2.5 gallons consumed, so just ran it real quick to get the UG closer to reality. Next tank calibration will be a little more accurate."
2011-11-14	136	8.168	$3.699	16.65	"TOWN- full power, a bit of unnecessary roughness, not watching the gauges as closely as I should. Still better than stock average pre-injector-swap."
2011-11-20	281	16.428	$3.679	17.1	"TOWN - still full power, exercising more discipline than the last entry, but less coast down than my best city tank. Still calibrating UG, it's getting closer now- It told me 17.5 mpg average for this tank."
2011-12-03	563	31.063	$3.699	18.12	"TOWN - stock configuration. broad mix of hwy/city, but all in-town driving. Overslept a few days and had to drive hard to get to the office."
2011-12-16	274	16.739	$3.579	16.37	"TOWN - cold weather, rainy, and too aggressive on the radiator blocks, fan was turning too fast but I was enjoying the faster heat-up on the cold days"
2011-12-16	397	17.81	$3.839	22.29	"TRIP - superslab, cruise control, route planning to divert around austin traffic, a little P&G, stock ecm program"
2011-12-19	395	16.516	$3.559	23.92	"TRIP - I35 northbound, route planning, cruise on cruise rpm, 15-20 mph SSW wind. UG showed 24.3 when we hit the side of a thunderstorm. Ambient temp dropped 20 degrees, hard rain, erratic traffic. Pulled through a drive through to get away from traffic. UG showed 23.7 at fill-up, it's estimated fuel burned vs. actual was about 0.18 gal, give or take (didn't write down the number)."
2012-01-06	516	27.886	$3.699	18.5	"TOWN - cold weather, a little hard driving despite keeping an economic mind, tried a little P&G w/ Terrain, possibly got too aggressive with the pulse, and not enough glide to make up for it all."
2012-01-26	521	29.845	$3.629	17.46	"TOWN - Spotty rain, cold air, heavy foot, forced to drive at times when traffic was thick, all these things contributed to the lower number here."
2012-02-25	585	31.636	$3.899	18.49	"TOWN - not much to say other than I'm accelerating a bit too hard, and not making enough effort to glide when practical. UG was 0.5 mpg optimistic. Reset calibration, we'll see if that gets it closer, or if it turns pessimistic. 100+ miles into the new tank, it already appears pessimistic."
2012-03-15	539	30.156	$3.929	17.87	"TOWN - rough with it..."
2012-04-09	566	28.677	$3.979	19.74	"TOWN - easy on it... new city mileage record. learning more discipline on coasting and accelerating, shift point adjustments a bit, and warming up a bit, i'd say!"
2012-04-24	559	28.267	$3.999	19.78	"TOWN - Another new record, even if just barely. More easy drivin'"
2012-05-18	542	29.552	$3.739	18.34	"town - been a little impatient with traffic lately, between work scheduling and other things."
2012-07-04	494.1	29.42	$3.399	16.79	"[TOWN] - Truck is getting used more for short errands and irregular use now, considering I have a street bike again."
2012-09-13	476.6	29.28	$3.899	16.28	"[town] - still a lot of short trips and a little rough driving"
2012-10-02	491.5	21.188	$3.799	23.2	"[town] - best ever in town... but... this was very careful daily commuting with EOC which is too rough on my turbo, I think... so I won't be doing it again. My schedule is changing, and I won't be able to have the luxury of wide open roads for commuting, so I'll go back to the bike for the most part, and the truck will turn into a fun romp-around/tow vehicle/trip vehicle until I can add something fun and economical to the garage with more than 2 wheels."
2013-03-03	357.3	13.637	$3.899	26.2	"[trip] backroads, averaged 51.3 mph on the way home, with a top speed of 93. Never exceeded 60 mph except coasting down hills. Tried to keep the instant mpg meter at 23 mpg or above while climbing, unless speed was going to drop below 50 (hard to pull a hill in 6th below 50), 22.5"" semi wheels and tires, and the smarty power on demand was set to 33% to keep me from putting too much foot in it (but was on the full power program!)"