Daily gas mileage blab thread

[Kodak]

Really hammered the throttle today. Not proud of it, but I thought a little carbon clean-out was in order. This tank is lousy anyway with extra city driving.

But two pluses this time around: I think I'll make it longer than usual before needing a fill. And I found a shorter route that will likely lower mpg, but will definitely save gas unless my FE takes a major hit.

[Arragonis]

I'm on 611 miles with 40 to go according to the on board range thing display. This is a tank I could only get 420-430 out of before starting here

[orange4boy]

61 mpg last tank. I'm using the "factory" block heater for about 50% of trips.

[skyl4rk]

Did a tour through the countryside this afternoon, about 60 miles, trying to drive about 40 mph when possible. Scangauge says 49.8mpg for the trip.

[Varn]

Weather spotter.
How do you figure you are getting 55 mpg when you can't calculate it from the pump?

Still 49 is great. Do you still have the big tailbox on it?

Originally Posted by Weather Spotter

Well I filled up today at 622.1 Miles. I made my first 1000km tank ! For the tank I got 49.24 MPG. my goal was 50 MPG on my normal commute. I did not make it but I should on this next tank ( I hope). I tried a new route home from work last night that boosted my trip MPG from about 50 to 55MPG. Today it was 54.5 MPG for the trip home.

[Weather Spotter]

My scan gauge trip reading.

Yes I still have the boat tail on.

[SentraSE-R]

I tanked up the xB today. 504.8 miles on 9.733 gal, for a 51.9 mpg average.

[LUVMY02CREW]

I just scrutinized my fuel log and trip logs for the first time in a while and have a few observations/remarks.

I don't have the front conveyor belt airdam on anymore. I never performed any A-B-A tests to confirm it helping.
My work commute has changed so I'm gonna have to make new trip logs. They closed down our previous location and moved me to a bigger city. So, now I have more red lights and congestion to deal with

My MPG has stayed pretty consistent since I started. Obvious rise and falls with the seasons. I know I can do better with some mods, I've just got to get off my arse and work on them.

Looking back through my fuel log, I am amazed at the flucuation of fuel prices in the past 3 years.
My first entry was on 3-3-2008 and I have filled up 170 times since then. Here are some notable entries

3-3-2008 $3.179/gal First entry
6-10-2008 $4.069/gal Highest price
12-10&31-2008 $1.459/gal Lowest price
5-17-2011 $3.599/gal Latest entry

So overall price has increased by 42 cents and with a $2.61 difference between highest and lowest. WOW!!!

[Kodak]

Every once and a while it is necessary for me to move my truck out of the [relatively] small garage so we can access different things. This used to mean turning on the engine twice.

Today I tried simply rolling out and it worked fine. Just required me to push off a bit with one leg. The brakes gave me plenty of power to come to a complete stop. I didn't key to position 1 because I think it's kind of like cheating to record that distance and try to count it towards mpg (even though it is saving me gas).

Over time this should save a lot of wear, since I now only have to start the engine to put it back. I'm already viewed as too hyper, so I can't ask for a push back in!

[endurance]

Originally Posted by Kodak

Today I tried simply rolling out and it worked fine. Just required me to push off a bit with one leg. The brakes gave me plenty of power to come to a complete stop. I didn't key to position 1 because I think it's kind of like cheating to record that distance and try to count it towards mpg (even though it is saving me gas).

Not sure why you wouldn't count it toward your mpg. The distance is being traveled. I don't stop counting the first eight miles of my commute, but my engine is off for all but about 5 seconds of it. There's no doubt I use the gas when I'm going back up the hill in the evenings.

Sometimes I push my car out of the garage rather than start it to roll it out in the morning. It saves less than .01 gallon, but mostly it just puts less exhaust in the garage and I just don't like having that smell seep into the house while the GF sleeps in. Of course sometimes I don't park at the right angle and thus don't have the room to get a good push, so that means I have to start my car twice for five seconds in the first eight miles and that makes me sad.