Daily gas mileage blab thread

[Fat Charlie]

Originally Posted by NHRABill

I like to call the LIE on a weekend Hell on earth or just Long Island in general. Then again there are no roads you can do a steady speed on in a 50 mile radius of that area.

Oooh- maybe that's why my mileage was so high. On LI I got up to 30 and coasted to the next stop sign. All day long. Wheee. On the way out I saw NYPD had a car pulled over on the LIE. Is speeding really what NYPD has to focus on?

Mass was cute. We were driving through the rain on the Pike when my wife's Xoom beeped. She pulled it out and said there was a tornado warning for our location (sometimes being tracked is good). We pulled over and checked the current radar picture. Now, most other times when I've said "if we gun it, we'll probably make it," things didn't work out so well. It worked fine that day, driving into the storm and turning onto 84 before the second storm got there. Then we got to drive through the spot where the first set had crossed 84. Around Manchester my wife said I could slow down and fuel economy picked up once more. It burned a little extra gas, but you've got to be alive for the whole tankful if you want it to count.

[TheMarkofPolo]

Have they categorized the Mass. tornadoes yet? Good to hear that you dodged them without incident.
I was lucky to find out that all of my friends and family in Joplin made it out OK from that mess. VERY lucky.

Anywho, back in St Louis, metro/hwy driving, freaking hot. The trip FE has been getting close to 38 mpg again, but all the city errands in this heat (AC on sparingly) are killing me. Shopping for a beaded seat cover.

[NeilBlanchard]

I filled up today, and got a record distance of 597.9 miles -- and a record fill of 11.649 gallons (the tank is 11.9...). So the mileage was good at 51.37MPG, but not my best.

[Weather Spotter]

I set a record tank today!
52.1 MPG!!!

My past best was without the tail on was 50.7 and that was a perfect (short) trip. This tank was 588.7 miles over two weeks. I had a wide range of conditions from cold to very hot. windy to calm. Overall a very balanced tank. So I am calling to tail a success in helping to meet my goal of a regular tank over 50 MPG.

[Fat Charlie]

Congratulations on the tank, congratulations on the tail. Good work, and may you stay above 50!

[user removed]

My recently purchased 1992 Ford F150 managed 19.5 MPG for 155 miles (first check).
I was hoping for 20 but I did not use any special routes or anything more than basic driving technique.
With only 85K miles on a 19 year old truck I should be able to get it to the low to mid 20S for mileage, maybe higher with some aero improvements. We'll see what happens, but it won't get driven anywhere near as much as the bikes.
300 FI six, 5 speed with .79 OD 5th and 2.73 rear axle. Should be best combo for mileage.

regards
Mech

[skyl4rk]

Did a 50 mile run today and got 50.2 mpg according to the scangauge. Usually I get in the upper 40s mpg. This trip involved driving at 42mph +/- 4mph the whole way. Thank you to all the patient drivers who followed me.

I want a wingtail so I can get 50mpg while driving 55mph. 40mph is just a little too slow with respect to how long it takes to get somewhere, and blocking traffic on 55mph roads.

[Weather Spotter]

so build a boat tail like I did

If you want help let me know and I might be able to make a weekend get to gather happen some time this summer.

[endurance]

Finally feeling the love again. My three tank average is back over 40mpg and my last tank actually lasted 14 days! That's a record for me without leaving the car at the airport. Of course I did take some time off of work, but still had to do a lot of running around.

I'm still in need of a good, long highway drive just to stretch my legs a little and see what I can do with this summer weather. Perhaps it's time to toss the mountain bike in the boot and head west...

[Fr3AkAzOiD]

65.9 mpg on my way to work! This is in a friggin Chevy Cobalt.

This isn't just a fluke trip as so far I have 597 miles on my 11.5 gal tank and still have 1/8 a tank left and my fuel range gauge says I still have 130 miles left in the tank.

By the time I get home from work tonight I will have completed a 1,000 km on this tank.
Now here is the thing, do I push it to 700+ miles?

I guess we will just have to wait and see.