| 2012-08-03 |
134.59 |
4.5 |
$1.219 |
29.91 |
"First fill. No mods at all. Don't even know tire psi. Think I may have underfilled at beginning of this tank. Very windy and rainy." |
| 2012-08-09 |
573.84 |
10.35 |
$1.219 |
55.44 |
"Filled slowly to first click. Hot days cool mornings. Ran A/C quite a bit. Boss drove the car for 100km and killed the last quarter tank. I'm certain I could have gotten 1100 km. UG now calibrated. I 'ran out of gas' on UG with 1/3 of a tank to go. Kill switch installed near half tank. Edit: realized this was an underfill. Filled previous to visual, this one to first click." |
| 2012-08-14 |
561.41 |
10.39 |
$1.219 |
54.03 |
"Working pretty hard at using new kill switch to greatest effect." |
| 2012-08-20 |
507.85 |
9.35 |
$1.219 |
54.32 |
"Filled up to first click slowly.More EOC on the highway. Had some errands and moving carloads of stuff while following other driver to mess up this tank." |
| 2012-08-31 |
496.29 |
9.17 |
$1.219 |
54.12 |
"Had five people in the car on a really hot day, racing to a meeting through all kinds of traffic with the ac on. Had awful mileage. Then caught a lucking commute home at 35C and a strong tail wind. Milked it for all I could and didn't end up too bad at 87 mpg for the 100 km commute." |
| 2012-09-05 |
664.87 |
11.36 |
$1.219 |
58.53 |
"Worked my butt off to get this tank. Was hampered by 100km commute in super hot weather with A/C driving the SPEED LIMIT on the highway. OOops. Then in recovery mode. Last two days strong headwinds and construction on hwy single lane and busy. Ack! Coulda done better without that." |
| 2012-10-11 |
457.95 |
9.82 |
$1.139 |
46.63 |
"Cold and windy, also driving faster on highway, still p and g." |
| 2012-10-15 |
487.47 |
10.73 |
$1.139 |
45.43 |
"Was looking good this tank then construction and Wife driving car happened. 20km of commute now single lane highway have to do speed limit in rush hour. Wife drove 97km at 30 mpg. Argh." |
| 2012-10-19 |
556.25 |
10.58 |
$1.139 |
52.58 |
"Filled up at Safeway as I had a good coupon. Attendant filled car. Grr. Challenging week with crazy winds my wife driving 40km and temps just above freezing. Managed to take advantage of tailwinds a few times." |
| 2012-11-01 |
438.32 |
8.98 |
$1.139 |
48.81 |
"Was doing great until a day where I ran out of time and had to drive from Sister's place to mine at 120km/hr on the highway. Not cool. Rest of tank to recover." |
| 2012-11-08 |
571.66 |
11.26 |
$1.139 |
50.77 |
"Temps near freezing, very strong winds, lots of rain. Amazing stupid traffic. Wife drove car to Church and back." |
| 2012-12-30 |
403.95 |
9.62 |
$1.059 |
41.99 |
"Cold, but trying to keep up. Mostly engine on gliding. Not enough heat coming through vents. Installed upper grille block tonight, and made lower adjustable and painted." |
| 2013-01-01 |
383.26 |
9.63 |
$1.059 |
39.8 |
"Commuting in very cold weather plus running without grille block for a few trips. Couldn't plug in for a few days too." |
| 2013-01-07 |
534.32 |
10.45 |
$1.049 |
51.13 |
"Working very hard at technique and timing lights. Weather warmed up to between 0 and -10C, making hypermiling much more comfortable." |
| 2013-01-10 |
432.47 |
8.73 |
$1.049 |
49.54 |
"Crazy windy, near freezing temps (still below)." |
| 2013-01-15 |
465.34 |
9.8 |
$1.049 |
47.48 |
"Blizzard on this tank. High winds, lots of heavy snow on roads. Deep freeze too. Managed to recover a bit this afternoon on the way home from work I got a great tail wind." |
| 2013-01-22 |
410.73 |
11 |
$1.049 |
37.34 |
"Very cold, very windy. -25C would be an average for this tank. Also driving my Honey so 200km of tank was non-hypermiling to keep her warm. Upper grille block completed and painted." |
| 2013-01-26 |
374.07 |
8.81 |
$1.049 |
42.46 |
"Rough week of commuting. Very long and slow due to poor conditions. Windy and very cold. Roads very slippery so 90% load often induced wheel spin. Had to accelerate at lower loads often. Wind chill often lower than -40C, nearly always below -30C. Ran engine on most of the time. Simply too cold in cabin otherwise. Ran into battery limits when EOCing whole trip. Too cold or battery getting tired?" |
| 2013-01-29 |
444.28 |
9.67 |
$1.109 |
45.94 |
"Really cold!" |
| 2013-02-01 |
387.24 |
9.69 |
$1.109 |
39.96 |
"Very cold. Battery very stressed in this cold weather. Left me stranded on way home one day. Purchased battery monitor that plugs into 12V accessory plug." |
| 2013-02-06 |
366.61 |
8.65 |
$1.109 |
42.38 |
"" |
| 2013-02-10 |
449.87 |
10.22 |
$1.109 |
44.02 |
"" |
| 2013-02-13 |
402.34 |
8.88 |
$1.169 |
45.31 |
"" |
| 2013-02-21 |
425.76 |
10.2 |
$1.169 |
41.74 |
"Started the tank in a blizzard. Massive winds, usually headwinds, no vis, driving on the shoulder, having the RCMP close the highway behind me as I left Morris. Yikes. Got 52.7 mpg on the commute home to try to lift it up.
Voltage meter working very well for judging when the battery needs a break, back to P & G with engine on. Should extend the life of the battery." |
| 2013-02-24 |
192.38 |
3.6 |
$1.169 |
53.44 |
"Tires a little low but otherwise some decent weather, -10C avg. Commutes and errands on weekend." |
| 2013-03-05 |
495.42 |
10.93 |
$1.229 |
45.33 |
"Had 500km at half a tank then killed it fast in another snow storm." |
| 2013-03-13 |
414.21 |
9.61 |
$1.229 |
43.1 |
"Windy warm days, ice covered highways, little to no pulsing due to slippery conditions." |
| 2013-03-26 |
432.72 |
8.87 |
$1.209 |
48.78 |
"Windy springtime weather. Below normal, cold mornings and minus single digits afternoons." |
| 2013-04-04 |
509.28 |
11.07 |
$1.209 |
46.01 |
"Started rough but tried to finish strong. Weather warming a tiny bit." |
| 2013-04-08 |
505.92 |
9.88 |
$1.209 |
51.21 |
"Wheel bearing really going. Car going into Garage this Monday. Ball joints and left tie rod end to be replaced too." |
| 2013-04-11 |
487.96 |
9.81 |
$1.209 |
49.74 |
"Finally getting afternoon temperatures above freezing. Very cold mornings, -15 average.
Replaced passenger front wheel bearing, driver tie rod end, upper and lower ball joints. Don't recognize the car from the steering wheel. Nice! Should help." |
| 2013-04-19 |
502.01 |
10.11 |
$1.209 |
49.65 |
"Snow storm of the week program. Ice covered highways." |
| 2013-04-19 |
471.12 |
8.72 |
$1.209 |
54.03 |
"Strong north winds all week. -8ish mornings with mild tail winds, +2 afternoons strong headwinds. Milking it hard. Looking forward to some decent spring weather." |
| 2013-04-25 |
514.06 |
9.84 |
$1.209 |
52.24 |
"Is Spring ever going to come?" |
| 2013-04-30 |
621.37 |
10.95 |
$1.209 |
56.75 |
"First 1000km tank this year. Worked it hard. Weather was warmish almost normal then cold again. High winds. Got some lucky breaks and ended up with more tail winds than headwinds I think." |
| 2013-05-08 |
542.27 |
9.43 |
$1.209 |
57.5 |
"Great weather and tailwinds aplenty. Milked it." |
| 2013-05-15 |
559.98 |
10.25 |
$1.289 |
54.63 |
"Lots of headwinds this time! Ha ha. Errands too." |
| 2013-05-20 |
578.62 |
10.2 |
|
56.73 |
"Some very good weather. Last trip home into very strong wind in driving rain. Tried hard. Have to change tires as soon as weather permits." |
| 2013-05-30 |
577.07 |
10.06 |
$1.359 |
57.36 |
"Warmer weather, North winds which do hamper mileage. South is better. Tie rod end tightened, not installed properly by garage. Finally got tires changed to summer." |
| 2013-06-12 |
515.18 |
9.39 |
$1.359 |
54.86 |
"" |
| 2013-06-16 |
602.61 |
10.65 |
$1.359 |
56.58 |
"Lots of trips out to Warren to work on the house." |
| 2013-08-11 |
541.46 |
10.34 |
$1.299 |
52.37 |
"Battery dying horribly. Replacing with remote located deep cycle." |
| 2013-08-14 |
500.51 |
9.32 |
$1.299 |
53.7 |
"Battery relocated partway through tank. Getting better results with much larger capacity." |
| 2013-09-10 |
590.05 |
12.32 |
$1.279 |
47.89 |
"Replaced brake pads, discs and adjusted parking brake. Found spring missing from rear driver brake shoe, replaced. Replaced radiator due to fins all smashed up and car overheating on hot days. Runs great now." |
| 2013-09-13 |
546.56 |
9.83 |
$1.279 |
55.6 |
"Grille blocks installed. Installed receptacle in grille to plug in car. Much easier on back." |
| 2013-09-20 |
543.2 |
9.15 |
$1.279 |
59.37 |
"Replaced driver side drive shaft. Outer CV joint was clunking pretty hard on right turns. Clunking gone. Weather turning colder, north wind returns. Suspect short fill." |
| 2013-09-26 |
582.41 |
9.31 |
$1.169 |
62.56 |
"Replacing bad cv joint seems to have had an effect on my mileage!  " |
| 2013-10-02 |
616.46 |
10.06 |
$1.169 |
61.28 |
"Colder mornings, some days not getting over 12C. Strong winds." |
| 2014-08-08 |
510.21 |
9.43 |
$1.189 |
54.1 |
"Finally reporting again." |
| 2014-08-25 |
630.69 |
10.71 |
$1.26 |
58.89 |
"Got in an accident just before end of tank; guy changed lanes into me and crushed front quarter panel. Tire is out in the breeze now, passenger door doesn't open." |
| 2014-08-30 |
578.56 |
10.51 |
$1.269 |
55.05 |
"Windy and cooler" |
| 2014-09-03 |
490.88 |
9.07 |
$1.29 |
54.12 |
"" |
| 2014-09-08 |
545.94 |
10.65 |
$1.269 |
51.26 |
"" |
| 2014-09-11 |
506.42 |
9.24 |
$1.269 |
54.81 |
"Cold snap. Single digits. Strong northerly winds." |
| 2014-09-16 |
495.29 |
9.13 |
$1.226 |
54.25 |
"Rough start to tank with bad weather, rain, cold and high winds. Then my Wife took the car shopping. Big mistake. Ouch. Spent the last half of the tank trying to boost the mpg back to where it ought to be. Re installed grille blocks now that radiator working properly. Installed new trunk floor. Have to track down rain leak in trunk. Noticed battery box wet." |
| 2014-09-20 |
496.35 |
8.64 |
$1.129 |
57.45 |
"Started awesome, then got some headwinds, like morning and evening headwinds!" |
| 2014-09-29 |
495.17 |
9.26 |
$1.204 |
53.47 |
"Different pump than normal. Installed air dam and side skirts halfway through tank. Mix of warm and cold weather. Got Dad's autobody tools out and pulled front quarter panel out enough to get passenger door working. Insurance says marginal repair, still not sure if written off. Oct 8 car goes under the knife for the final word." |
| 2014-10-05 |
533.63 |
8.78 |
$1.184 |
60.78 |
"Pretty good tank to start then the cold weather hit hard. Winds gusting from 40 to 60km/hr from the north killed last commute back home at 5C. Think I have a bit of an overfill from last fill reflected here." |
| 2014-11-03 |
466.77 |
8.99 |
$1.064 |
51.92 |
"Got the car back from the autobody shop. Aeromods off for good part of tank. All on now but for wheel skirts to be made in future." |
| 2014-11-13 |
432.97 |
9.67 |
$1.084 |
44.77 |
"Winter weather. Howling winds and -10C for highs, -15C and lower lows. Not EOCing with the Mrs. in the car for errands and Church to keep the temps up in the cabin. Mrs. took the car for errands a few times. Passed 333,333 km today" |
| 2014-11-18 |
420.67 |
8.92 |
$1.059 |
47.16 |
"Winter's really kicking in. Snow starting to accumulate on roads. Mrs drove the car quite a bit this tank; I was expecting to get farther. Need to chauffeur more than I am or it's going to cost." |
| 2014-11-21 |
490.45 |
9.69 |
$1.059 |
50.61 |
"Got a great tailwind to finish out the tank after rough weather for the rest of the week. 60mpg indicated for the trip at +1C. Installing Oil Pan Heater tomorrow." |
| 2014-11-26 |
465.16 |
9.79 |
$1.019 |
47.51 |
"Gas prices in free fall. Sweet. Continued cold and windy. Nasty long days at work driving home in the dark now as well as mornings." |
| 2014-11-29 |
266.44 |
6.49 |
$0.984 |
41.05 |
"Wow the gas prices! Below one dollar for first time in a long time! Cold, cold cold! Deep snow driving today could hardly coast at all." |
| 2014-12-04 |
419.86 |
8.63 |
$0.984 |
48.65 |
"Crazy weather. Cold, windy." |
| 2014-12-04 |
140.99 |
3.24 |
$0.959 |
43.52 |
"Gas prices plummet! Warmer day today, high -7, nice tailwind home." |
| 2014-12-10 |
363.32 |
7.67 |
$0.924 |
47.37 |
"Gas prices still going down. Enjoy while last...
Crazy weather, from -20 to -3C, with monster south winds gusting to 70km/hr." |
| 2014-12-15 |
419.11 |
9.25 |
$0.909 |
45.31 |
"Normal temps for a change." |
| 2014-12-19 |
520.21 |
10.28 |
$0.869 |
50.6 |
"Gas prices hitting amazing lows! Happy dance! Warm weather, freezing rain and fog. Not much in the way of wind this week. Temp just below freezing." |
| 2014-12-29 |
462.61 |
10.54 |
$0.859 |
43.89 |
"Gas prices still awesome. Extreme cold has hit from unseasonably warm weather. Car feels like it has a flat, or a stuck brake caliper. Just the cold I think." |
| 2015-01-05 |
409.3 |
9.56 |
$0.834 |
42.81 |
"Cold nasty weather. New Years festivities." |
| 2015-01-08 |
401.47 |
9.6 |
$80.4 |
41.82 |
"Cold!" |
| 2015-01-12 |
419.86 |
8.22 |
$0.799 |
51.08 |
"Still cold! Suspect underfill." |
| 2015-01-16 |
479.39 |
10.97 |
$0.815 |
43.7 |
"Blustery weather. -20's then -9ish. 'Free' gas. Work bonus gas card." |
| 2015-01-20 |
559.54 |
10.28 |
$0.859 |
54.43 |
"Unseasonably warm weather! Driver front bearing making noise." |
| 2015-01-27 |
527.42 |
10.35 |
$0.859 |
50.96 |
"Enjoying this warm weather! Had to remove upper grille block to control engine temp. Wheel bearing rumble loud now. Making arrangements for replacement." |
| 2015-01-29 |
461.55 |
9.96 |
$0.879 |
46.34 |
"Had to make a high speed run into a strong wind 100km today. Wrecked the tank with that. Also had not reinstalled the air dam or wheel covers. Worst case scenario. Ack." |
| 2015-02-03 |
438.38 |
10.09 |
$0.814 |
43.45 |
"" |
| 2015-02-09 |
447.57 |
9.77 |
$0.919 |
45.81 |
"" |
| 2015-02-16 |
456.89 |
10.47 |
$0.899 |
43.64 |
"Windy. Getting mostly headwinds!" |
| 2016-01-10 |
239.23 |
7.68 |
$0.919 |
31.15 |
"Back to tracking again. Wife mostly drives now. Commute to work. I drive every once in a while." |
| 2016-09-22 |
355.98 |
9.2 |
$0.959 |
38.69 |
"Honey's commute plus a few trips I drove with her." |
| 2016-11-03 |
415.08 |
9.14 |
$0.889 |
45.41 |
"Back to work! Back to work! I'm driving more now." |
| 2016-11-14 |
446.77 |
9.49 |
$0.844 |
47.08 |
"Mix of wife's and my commuting and shopping." |
| 2016-11-18 |
523.19 |
9.72 |
$0.869 |
53.83 |
"" |
| 2016-11-24 |
438.07 |
8.89 |
$0.884 |
49.28 |
"" |
| 2016-11-28 |
456.09 |
9.99 |
$0.884 |
45.65 |
"" |
| 2016-12-01 |
429.37 |
9.32 |
$0.884 |
46.07 |
"Replaced upper control arms front right and left, lower ball joints right and left." |
| 2016-12-08 |
370.34 |
8.92 |
$0.869 |
41.52 |
"Major snowstorm and blizzard. 35cm of snow over 2 days, pushing and clawing over snow. Managed to not get stuck." |