Daily gas mileage blab thread

[TheMarkofPolo]

It's been terribly cold and unusually snowy/icy this year. We've not been much above 40 F in a month or so. At least STL didn't get the nasty snow my Tulsa, OK and SW MO friends got.

That said, fuel economy has been slipping. I KNOW I'm killing my gas mileage on my 5-10 minute commute to school. Not enough time to warm up. Too cold to bicycle. I do, however, have the opportunity to increase FE when I visit my fiance on the other side of the city, not that that's the main reason to drive over there.

I think I need to put the lower grill block back on!

[honestabe]

I decided to fill-up on ethanol free gas for the first time and I just filled up again with E0. I set a new personal best of 53.76 MPG. My previous personal record was 51.6 MPG and that was in the summer with regular Chevron E10 and a max speed of 50 MPH. I'm going to keep filling up for a couple tanks to verify the results of switching to E0 but so far it looks like I've gained 10 MPG by using E0.

I'd like to thank Ethanol-free gas stations in the U.S. and Canada for helping me find 2 E0 gas stations in my area.

Adam

[Arragonis]

Avg on my SG2 registers over 65 for the journey home on Friday - which is a record. Some hope for this tank maybe.

[Angmaar]

27.4 MPG over 6 Miles
32.0 MPG over 6 Miles

[NachtRitter]

SG says a tad over 55mpg today with my TDI... about 50 miles worth... 72mpg to work (downhill) and 42mpg on the way back (uphill) ... really would like to get to a 60mpg round trip

[Odin]

38mpg on this last tank 50/50 highway city, up from 30mpg! Its a merc 1982 300d.
I can pretty much thank this forum and all the threads/tips I've read in the last week-
40psi/tire pressure instead of stock 35- cleaned the air filter- and removed my lead foot- basically i went from just driving to thinking about what i am doing, when i will be stopping and such and man what a change

next tank I will hit 40!

[Kodak]

I decided to increase my threshold for neutral coasting. It used to be around 15, maybe 20mph. Yesterday I was engine braking in 4th at around 40mph. I got down to 35, and then decided to go directly to neutral. The extra distance was great. I made it all the way to a light (long, fresh red) - a distance I only made one other time.

I realize this is a very basic technique on these message boards, but using neutral so early is still uncommon to me. My mechanic said it's not a problem, and that was the extra reassurance I needed.

Next fill will probably be next week at the earliest, and I'm excited to see if my increased use of neutral shows measurable gains.

[NHRABill]

With the record Snowfall we have had and terrible cold weather I have been doing terrible in my miles. So I only drive when absolutely necessary working from home has its advantages. Last fill up was 1/10/11 and I still have over 3/4 of a tank 30 gallon tank. I hope to make it to 3/10/11 before I need need to stop and fill up again.

Too bad there wasn't a chart to show the ultimate in economy by not driving if you don't have to

We had our first warm day here in a long time yesterday so I rode my Motorcycle. I plan of using the Bike more and more this coming year.

[endurance]

Just had my worst tank since I started hypermiling. 34 mpg. Uggh, but I have to keep it in perspective. A year ago this time of year I was getting 26-27mpg and until this year, I'd never topped 34mpg in the car ever.

Still, it's frustrating to reverse such a great trend thanks to ol' man winter. Looking at the extended forecast, this tank could be much, much better.

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by Kodak

Yesterday I was engine braking in 4th at around 40mph. I got down to 35, and then decided to go directly to neutral. The extra distance was great.

It'll be even greater when you start from 40

I realize this is a very basic technique on these message boards, but using neutral so early is still uncommon to me..

It doesn't feel natural when you're used to using engine braking / DFCO.