| 2011-11-15 |
353 |
10 |
$3.19 |
35.3 |
"Bought car 11/10/11
NO tuneup, tires need replaced, only maintenance done was to steering and brakes
Tire Pressure maxed at 7 miles on tank
New ""aerodynamic"" windshield wiper blades LOL
Learning shift points and coasting, shifted at 2K RPM when I thought about it and coasted when I could.
NO P&G or EOC except in parking lots and driveway.
(edited) I found that the trip odo. was off more than I thought, recalculated accordingly" |
| 2011-11-24 |
341.38 |
10 |
$2.49 |
34.14 |
"*Accidentally reset trip odometer part way thru tank, went back using actual odometer readings. Now I set the trip meter and record the actual odometer. Both read the same so far. This tank MAY have actually been closer to 37mpg, but I will stick with these numbers for now.
90% city driving
Rained almost entire week
Coasting, shifting at 2K religiously, start only when ready etc. NO ecomods, still no tuneup." |
| 2011-12-03 |
341.27 |
9.8 |
$3.09 |
34.82 |
"Last tank before tune up.
LOTS of coasting, no P&G or EOC escept in driveway and parking lots.
Ran SeaFoam thru at very end of tank to clean out motor, ran it really hard thru the gears for about 5 miles then filled up.
Tires still 50psi cold (55psi hot)" |
| 2011-12-15 |
398.2 |
10.6 |
$3 |
37.57 |
"First tank after tuneup
NGK Plugs/Ford Wires
192* thermostat and new housing
K&N filter in stock box with silencer removed
Ford fuel filter
Removed mud flaps and front license plate bracket
Added front spoiler and windshield wiper spoiler towards end of tank
MOSTLY city miles, about 40 hwy miles total" |
| 2011-12-23 |
419.43 |
10.8 |
$2.11 |
38.84 |
"Nothin different from last tank mod or driving wise
~70 miles of Highway driving" |
| 2012-01-01 |
407 |
10.3 |
$3.11 |
39.51 |
"Shifting at 2500RPM rather than 2000.
No other mods or driving changes
Slightly fewer highway miles than last tank" |
| 2012-01-10 |
388.7 |
10.1 |
$3.13 |
38.49 |
"-Shifting at 2500RPM
-Worked on putting together an entire lower grill block, but electric fan not working so I opened it up to roughly 1/4 of the lower radiator exposed. Once fan controller comes in I will block more aggressively and try again
-Spent more time at idle than usual due to trouble shooting electric fan issue while testing grill block.
-First week of consistantly colder weather with temps rising back up to mid 40's at end of tank" |
| 2012-01-21 |
383.12 |
9.7 |
$3.19 |
39.5 |
"Same driving as before
Tires 5psi above sidewall warm
Grill block still on hold until fan control comes in" |
| 2012-01-30 |
390.5 |
9.7 |
$3.39 |
40.26 |
"Tried to engine brake (keeping RPM above 1500RPM in each gear) at every single stop I could
Tried to run the speed limit-5 over tops
Tank looked like it would come up with less miles than usual looking at the gauge, but ~100 miles of Highway may have gotten things back in order.
Fan controller came in but not installed on this tank so partial grill block was used." |
| 2012-02-12 |
379.6 |
9.8 |
$3.45 |
38.73 |
"Full grill block and fan working
Shifting at 2500
No HWY miles" |
| 2012-02-26 |
416.57 |
10.2 |
$3.57 |
40.84 |
"Went back to shifting at 2k RPM and using 75-80% throttle to accelerate as an experiment. Will continue for next couple tanks." |
| 2012-03-10 |
409.31 |
10.8 |
$3.55 |
37.9 |
"Still shifting at 2k" |
| 2012-03-18 |
407.73 |
8.9 |
$3.59 |
45.81 |
"Warm weather entire tank (80+*)
~180 miles spent on interstate at beginning of tank and end.
Windows down quite a bit due to warm weather
Still shifting at 2k rpm" |
| 2012-03-30 |
455.95 |
10.3 |
$3.73 |
44.27 |
"First hundred miles were all HWY coming back from KY.
Shifting at 2k
Windows down due to warmth" |
| 2012-04-12 |
441.13 |
10.5 |
$3.74 |
42.01 |
"60-70 miles HWY
Shifting 2k RPM" |
| 2012-04-22 |
455.18 |
11.4 |
$3.73 |
39.93 |
"" |
| 2012-04-30 |
433.48 |
10.4 |
$3.7 |
41.68 |
"Put new 185/65/14 tires and struts in all 4 corners after 111 miles on this tank.
New tires are smaller than the 185/70/14s and the odometer is now only off by .04. Calculations from here on will use this number" |
| 2012-05-12 |
427 |
10.4 |
$3.59 |
41.06 |
"" |
| 2012-05-27 |
383.8 |
9.4 |
$3.49 |
40.83 |
"" |
| 2012-05-27 |
426.6 |
10.3 |
$3.29 |
41.42 |
"Almost 100% interstate miles
Windows down (no AC)
Cruising about 70mph with no traffic jams" |
| 2012-05-28 |
87.1 |
1.4 |
$3.29 |
62.21 |
"Filled up before leaving Pensacola
All miles are city driving around the beaches
Windows down
High MPG numbers skewed by filling up early in tank" |
| 2012-05-30 |
443.6 |
10.7 |
$3.39 |
41.46 |
"100% hwy driving back from Pensacola
Averaged 65mph this trip
Windows down" |
| 2012-06-02 |
329.16 |
7.4 |
$3.19 |
44.48 |
"200 miles highway driving with windows up doing 65-70 on the way to Birmingham AL. The rest were city driving" |
| 2012-06-13 |
411.63 |
11.1 |
$3.15 |
37.08 |
"Filled up in Birmingham and drove back with windows down at around 70-75mph entire drive for 200 miles. Rest of the miles were my normal commute to work." |
| 2012-06-16 |
411.31 |
9.9 |
$3.15 |
41.55 |
"200 miles driven to Bowling Green and back 75-80mph with windows down.
Rest of the miles were city.
Engine off at long lights" |
| 2012-06-26 |
280 |
6.8 |
|
41.18 |
"" |
| 2012-06-26 |
432.64 |
10.6 |
|
40.82 |
"100% Highway on trip to Florida.
No AC so windows down entire ride.
Averaged 70mph." |
| 2012-06-29 |
357.65 |
9.6 |
|
37.26 |
"Mostly highway miles on way to Florida
No AC windows down
Averaged 70-75mph
Rest of miles were tooling around Florida" |
| 2012-07-03 |
79.56 |
1.5 |
|
53.04 |
"All city miles tooling around Florida.
Numbers scewed by low miles" |
| 2012-07-03 |
397.38 |
10.4 |
|
38.21 |
"All highway miles headed home from FL
No AC, windows down
75-80mph entire way" |
| 2012-07-09 |
416.73 |
10.6 |
|
39.31 |
"Mostly highway miles coming back from FL
No AC, windows down
75-80 mph
Rest were miles driven around town" |
| 2012-07-22 |
363.58 |
10.1 |
|
36 |
"AC Fixed and working so the next couple tanks will be with AC on.
Cycled AC when needed, turned off at stops and when accelerating
100 miles were highway to KY with AC on entire time" |
| 2012-07-28 |
317.1 |
9.3 |
|
34.1 |
"AC running" |
| 2012-08-07 |
265.5 |
7.3 |
|
36.37 |
"AC used" |
| 2012-08-07 |
357.3 |
8.1 |
|
44.11 |
"All HWY miles headed to Chicago
NO AC, windows up
70mph average speed" |
| 2012-08-11 |
388.6 |
9.5 |
|
40.91 |
"Rest of the trip to Chicago A/C on, windows up 70mph average.
Around town, back and forth from Suburbs to downtown trips on feeway.
A/C used when needed, windows down all other times" |
| 2012-08-12 |
321.1 |
7.2 |
|
44.6 |
"Around town for first part of tank, rest were highway miles headed back to TN.
A/C used when needed, windows up entire ride on highway. Averaged 70mph" |
| 2012-08-16 |
403.9 |
10.4 |
|
38.84 |
"Some HWY with AC running on way back from Chicago.
Rest City" |
| 2012-08-26 |
411.2 |
10.5 |
|
39.16 |
"" |
| 2012-09-13 |
369.82 |
10.5 |
|
35.22 |
"Cooler weather setting in, lack of grill block might be one reason for recent low tanks." |
| 2012-09-15 |
432.01 |
10.2 |
|
42.35 |
"360 miles driven in one day, lots of rural highways and interstate travel" |
| 2012-09-22 |
353.8 |
9.2 |
|
38.46 |
"300 miles driven at the end of the tank in one day
Filled up with Ethanol Free" |
| 2012-09-29 |
348.8 |
8.9 |
|
39.19 |
"First tank on Ethanol Free gas.
Filled again with Ethanol Free gas from local CO-OP" |
| 2012-10-05 |
433.9 |
10.2 |
$3.79 |
42.54 |
"Non Ethanol gas from CO-OP
Good bit of highway miles
Temps falling into the mid 50s on average" |
| 2012-10-09 |
418 |
10.3 |
$3.79 |
40.58 |
"Non ethanol gas from CO-OP
Mostly highway miles
Cool weather" |