2008-06-07 |
113.4 |
3.561 |
|
31.84 |
"30 miles with a/c on
50/50 city/highway
Control group test - no mods or special driving" |
2008-06-11 |
206 |
5.972 |
|
34.49 |
"Bought at 3.90/gallon, 80% highway, 85% with a/c on. Still factory everything." |
2008-06-15 |
49.4 |
1.576 |
|
31.35 |
"City miles only, with hypermiling skills applied.
~5 miles with a/c on." |
2008-06-19 |
76.4 |
2.225 |
|
34.34 |
"Hypermiled with +5 psi tires. 50/50 city/highway and did some city driving/idling with engine on." |
2008-06-20 |
68.5 |
1.505 |
|
45.51 |
"Mostly Highway miles, no a/c, and hypermiling on the few city miles. Woohoo!" |
2008-07-02 |
365.5 |
9.663 |
|
37.82 |
"some a/c and about 50/50 city/highway. Hypermiling with +5 psi tires" |
2008-07-02 |
67.5 |
1.6 |
|
42.19 |
"90% highway, no a/c, hypermiled when in city on +5 psi tires
AND
New grill block and wheel skirts
Note: Edited fuel used - this was a small trip and not a tank - before I started logging tank to tank." |
2008-07-29 |
431.7 |
11.74 |
$3.699 |
36.77 |
"City/highway mix with lots of small trips, probably about 50/50.
LOTS of A/C use - when using a/c no EOC technique applied.
side mirrors and roof rack have been removed." |
2008-08-11 |
427 |
11.25 |
$3.489 |
37.96 |
"city/highway mix. Lots of a/c use for first half of tank - 34+ degrees outside.
Aero mods in place for this full tank: grill block/undertray, wiper, mirrors, side skirts, roof rack." |
2008-08-14 |
468.9 |
11.52 |
$3.489 |
40.7 |
"90% highway, a/c on, high speed highway (65-70 mph)" |
2008-08-15 |
182.7 |
4.187 |
$3.449 |
43.64 |
"90% highway without a/c use." |
2008-08-20 |
165 |
4.375 |
$3.399 |
37.71 |
"Some a/c, full aero mods, last tank on bad tires." |
2008-09-05 |
434.5 |
10.84 |
$4.27 |
40.08 |
"" |
2008-09-08 |
103 |
2.27 |
$3.35 |
45.37 |
"" |
2008-09-25 |
473 |
11.1 |
$3.599 |
42.61 |
"Full aero mods, normal driving all tank, regular (hypermiling) drive to work. Tires @ 45 psi, and only used the a/c for about 15 minutes total.
**Note - the odometer read 576 miles on this tank, and it was the first tank with the tires aired up above 37 psi. I'm pretty sure though that I just forgot to reset when it was at 103 miles last fill-up though!!!**" |
2008-10-05 |
186.5 |
4.018 |
|
46.42 |
"full aero, last tank at 38 psi" |
2008-10-15 |
471.4 |
11.68 |
|
40.36 |
"tires at 50 psi. For the last 100 miles, had one tire that went flat... maybe a valvestem leak - couldn't find source.
Lots of highway." |
2008-10-21 |
410 |
9.787 |
|
41.89 |
"tires at 50 psi, regular commute. Last tank with first gen airdam on, also last tank on mostly warm weather." |
2008-11-02 |
451.3 |
11.38 |
|
39.66 |
"removed front air dam for this whole tank. Also had an alignment check done; the shop deflated my tires to 35 psi and I didn't notice until the next fillup... grr!" |
2008-11-15 |
401.7 |
10.6 |
|
37.9 |
"No air dam or side skirts on this tank. Tires properly inflated, but wife had to use the car for one day as hers was broken. (first time driving a manual transmission and the clutch smelled pretty toasty!!)" |
2008-11-25 |
457.9 |
11.75 |
|
38.97 |
"" |
2008-11-30 |
424.4 |
10.73 |
|
39.55 |
"" |
2008-12-07 |
443.7 |
11.31 |
$1.559 |
39.23 |
"" |
2008-12-13 |
250.8 |
6.194 |
$1.59 |
40.49 |
"" |
2008-12-27 |
377.8 |
10.83 |
|
34.88 |
"cut back on EOC; driving the wife around and she wanted the heater. " |
2008-12-29 |
432.4 |
11.03 |
$1.49 |
39.2 |
"lots of highway at high speed (65-70 mph) plus had to rush to a wedding after traffic..." |
2009-01-11 |
412.4 |
11.5 |
$1.559 |
35.86 |
"Argh, must be the cold weather and winter fuel?" |
2009-01-23 |
318 |
8.73 |
|
36.43 |
"" |
2009-02-08 |
383.3 |
10.08 |
|
38.03 |
"" |
2009-02-22 |
429.5 |
11.66 |
|
36.84 |
"" |
2009-03-08 |
370.4 |
9.067 |
|
40.85 |
"got mpguino working and mostly calibrated, plus 3 days of warm temps." |
2009-03-13 |
283.3 |
7.227 |
$1.899 |
39.2 |
"" |
2009-03-15 |
425.5 |
10.34 |
$1.799 |
41.15 |
"" |
2009-03-27 |
452.2 |
11.21 |
$1.999 |
40.34 |
"" |
2009-03-30 |
449.4 |
11.62 |
$1.979 |
38.67 |
"" |
2009-04-17 |
452.5 |
11.64 |
$1.899 |
38.87 |
"" |
2009-05-01 |
490.1 |
10.64 |
$1.979 |
46.06 |
"First tank with belt off (only 50% of the time though) Pump shut off at 10.3 gallons, but MPGuino read 11.65 used, (which is why I stopped shy of 500 mile club - tank is only supposed to hold 11.6 Gal)
I tried to add more to the tank, and at 10.6 gallons, fuel spilled out the filler neck. This fill made me suspicious that the MPGuino needs different calibrations for fuel usec/gallon when running at 12.5V rather than 14.5V." |
2009-05-03 |
123.1 |
3.105 |
$1.999 |
39.65 |
"100% beltless, but short highway trip - maybe it doesn't help on the highway, or maybe the unfamiliar pump threw numbers off." |
2009-05-03 |
386 |
9.107 |
$1.859 |
42.38 |
"highway - mPGuino read 9.99 gallons used??" |
2009-05-09 |
458.7 |
10.61 |
$1.969 |
43.23 |
"Overfilled prior tank (before this trip) by approx. 1 gallon - prior tank was beltless and I suspect MPGuino was off." |
2009-05-11 |
311.3 |
7.955 |
$2.069 |
39.13 |
"" |
2009-05-15 |
127.3 |
2.735 |
$2.189 |
46.54 |
"100% beltless" |
2009-06-02 |
501.9 |
11.25 |
$2.379 |
44.61 |
"WooHoo! 500 mile club! Only mods on this tank were awesome driving, warm weather, maxinflated tires, and mirrors/wiper/roof rack delete!" |
2009-06-11 |
249.1 |
5.978 |
$2.43 |
41.67 |
"" |
2009-06-12 |
201.4 |
5.606 |
$2.739 |
35.93 |
"Road Trip" |
2009-06-12 |
425.5 |
9.801 |
$2.739 |
43.41 |
"Road Trip" |
2009-06-16 |
365.2 |
9.568 |
$2.719 |
38.17 |
"Road Trip" |
2009-06-17 |
402.9 |
9.973 |
$2.499 |
40.4 |
"Road Trip" |
2009-06-22 |
426.9 |
11.51 |
$2.539 |
37.09 |
"" |
2009-06-23 |
400.2 |
10.7 |
$2.479 |
37.4 |
"Road Trip" |
2009-06-30 |
525.5 |
12.33 |
$2.389 |
42.62 |
"Road Trip" |
2009-07-01 |
422.9 |
11.13 |
$2.419 |
38 |
"Road Trip" |
2009-07-05 |
439.7 |
11.1 |
$2.419 |
39.61 |
"Road Trip" |
2009-07-06 |
341.2 |
9.324 |
$2.399 |
36.59 |
"Road Trip (after all these 100% highway, 70 mph tanks, I'm realizing the difference between 38-ish mpg and 42-ish mpg is probably the presence of ethanol or some other stuff in the fuel) Bummer that 10% ethanol basically drops my FE by 10%, they could have just given me 10% less gas for what I paid!" |
2009-07-11 |
406.7 |
12.32 |
$2.299 |
33.01 |
"" |
2009-07-17 |
477.4 |
10.75 |
$2.299 |
44.41 |
"Kammback is on the car!" |
2009-07-26 |
506.2 |
11.71 |
|
43.23 |
"" |
2009-08-16 |
516.2 |
11.75 |
$2.499 |
43.93 |
"" |
2009-09-07 |
500.6 |
11.03 |
$2.33 |
45.39 |
"" |
2009-09-13 |
513 |
11.6 |
|
44.22 |
"" |
2009-09-26 |
474.5 |
10.62 |
$2.19 |
44.68 |
"Kingdom City, MO" |
2009-10-06 |
505.9 |
11.74 |
$2.1 |
43.09 |
"St. Louis MO Gravois QT" |
2009-10-23 |
491.9 |
12.76 |
$2.69 |
38.55 |
"Pump overfilled and dumped out gas onto the ground!! Only a little bit dumped out, so the next tank may just look a bit better than it should.
St. Louis MO Gravois QT" |
2009-10-30 |
431 |
10.29 |
$2.5 |
41.89 |
"Kingdom City, MO Shell" |
2009-11-01 |
437.5 |
11.77 |
$2.54 |
37.17 |
"Replaced oxygen sensor at 1/2 tank as CEL came on and MPGs were reading in the 35s.
Funny when your car is broken and you still get 35 mpg.
Warrenton, MO Flying J" |
2009-11-07 |
470.7 |
11.65 |
$2.49 |
40.4 |
"Higginsville, MO Pilot" |
2009-11-11 |
505.8 |
12.35 |
$2.6 |
40.96 |
"Ran out of gas 15 miles from any humanity or open gas stations. Limped the car in using extreme Pulse & Glide at 10pm luckily.
Note to self: Don't go over 12 gallons!! " |
2009-12-23 |
455.8 |
11.31 |
$2.48 |
40.3 |
"St. Louis MO gravois QT" |
2010-02-08 |
353.3 |
9.21 |
$2.47 |
38.36 |
"St. Louis MO Gravois QT" |
2010-02-13 |
322.3 |
8.53 |
$2.29 |
37.78 |
"Installed new and improved front air dam mid - tank. Also noticed that when I replaced the alternator (during last tank), I forgot to refill the power steering for 50 miles. Now the PS pump is whining and likely hurting MPGs.
Belton MO QT" |
2010-02-15 |
351.9 |
9.02 |
$2.28 |
39.01 |
"Belton MO QT" |
2010-02-22 |
485 |
11.52 |
$2.45 |
42.1 |
"had to replace lower rad hose - due to poor installation of stupid inline heater. (My fault)
half of this tank = road trip
St. Louis MO Gravois QT" |
2010-03-22 |
505.3 |
11.4 |
$2.57 |
44.32 |
"Pump shut off early; tried to fill again and still wouldn't fill up all the way. MPGuino gauge said 12.07 gallons used on this tank... this tank probably artificially high; next one may be a bit low.
St. Louis MO Gravois QT" |
2010-04-02 |
476.5 |
11.12 |
$2.78 |
42.85 |
"Before this tank, changed oil (was really bad)
AND
took off top trim on rear of solar panel; to assist Kammback function
St. Louis MO Gravois QT" |
2010-04-04 |
495.5 |
11.85 |
$2.64 |
41.81 |
"Lee's Summit MO Casey's" |
2010-04-13 |
522.6 |
12.11 |
$2.7 |
43.15 |
"Arnold MO QT" |
2010-04-27 |
552 |
11.76 |
$2.77 |
46.94 |
"New tank record!!
No high speed highway (65+) (entire tank was used in St. Louis Metro area carting the family around and on my commute)
St. Louis MO Hampton I44 Shell" |
2010-05-02 |
495.8 |
10.96 |
$2.659 |
45.24 |
"Computer read 0.5 gallons more used than actual" |
2010-05-17 |
502.6 |
10.95 |
$2.849 |
45.9 |
"suspect MPGuino may be under-reporting my gas usage; readings seem to be 0.4 gallons more than actual pump value. Probably good to keep me from going empty!" |
2010-06-06 |
474.6 |
11.18 |
$2.65 |
42.45 |
"" |
2010-07-31 |
476.7 |
11.63 |
$2.699 |
40.99 |
"" |
2010-08-30 |
499.4 |
11.67 |
$2.339 |
42.79 |
"" |
2010-10-25 |
510.2 |
12.15 |
$2.529 |
41.99 |
"Tanker present at filling station when I refilled." |
2010-11-17 |
503.4 |
11.36 |
$2.599 |
44.31 |
"first cold weather this week." |