The Daily Drive Thread: May 2008
 

I'll start off May with a good rental experience: 2008 Toyota Corolla LE. Great FE...

Full details to follow.

RH77

Copy/Pasted from April:


I'll be done with my first full tank of May in about a two days, so far looking ok, I let my sister drive back from SF and she drives 70 - 80 MPH so instead of getting 250-ish miles at the halfway mark I only got about 200. My guess is 34 MPG, which still isn't bad.

There will be at least another 3, maybe 4 fill ups for this month, I can get almost 400 miles out a tank and I commute exactly 420 miles a week (hehehe). But I need to start getting my car washed every 2 weeks now, the Valley get's crazy dirty in the Summer, and I use a car wash 10 or 15 miles away because they do a kick ass job.

I haven't had the chance to get a wash for over 2 months.

If I park at the airport, the construction dust is brutal + the kick-up from the aircraft jet blast doesn't help.

Then, every week it rains, so I just forget it.

Good start on mileage Frank...

Keep us posted!

RH77

367.1 miles from 11.174 gallons of gas = 32.85 MPG.

A little less than I was expecting but still not bad, as long as I never dip below 30 MPG from a full tank I'm ok.

Gas was 3.859 per gallon and I spent $43.57.

It looks like 45mpg is doable on a regular basis and I have started doing some EOC. I'd like to set a new goal. To work and home on a gallon of gas. Then I could live up to my moniker Homeworkhome53 - on a gallon of gas. The warmng weather seems to be helping a good deal.

homeworkhome 53

41.59
 

I cracked 40!

It's rare (2nd best mixed-driving tank) -- and it's been about a year, but I scored a great tank.

41.59 MPG
over 341 Miles.

(This actually would have been much better if I wasn't running from a tornado at the start of the tank :o)

Changes:

• Slower, More Precise Acceleration (Thanks to Lazarus for the Training!)
• Advanced Timing
• Slower Interstate Cruise and DWL
• Minimal EOC (~5%)

The trick (and goal) is to hang on to the 40+ trend. We'll see what happens :thumbup:

RH77

I hate driving. /story

I hit 35 mpg. It was 90% highway but with my cruise firmly set at 55mph, I had my best ever tank going 435 miles and only using 12.2 gallons. Again this is amazing change from the 21-23 mpg I was getting prior to visiting the site.

Now that gas is really soaring I am thankful for the insight and info learned here.

Thanks gang!

I finally started doing some eoc in my car. I have been holding off because I don't think it is the best thing for an automatic transmission, but the high gas prices made me do it.

I have been doing a bit more cycling/ I road to work twice last week and I will continue to ride if I wake up early enough and the weather is ok.

After the record-busting personal tank, I've been busy traversing the Midwest with fam in a 2008 Chevy Malibu LT 4-Cylinder. So far, 1200 miles and some impressive MPG, and a positive review is pending. The new design is an improvement, which says a LOT. More on that later...

But hence my absence for a few days :o

RH77