Daily gas mileage blab thread

[JethroBodine]

Fr3AkAzOiD- You might at that, but I ain't going down quietly.

[SentraSE-R]

I got my second metric kilotank (1000 km) today - 1010 km (627.86 miles) on 10.627 gallons, a 59.02 mpg average in my xB.

[JethroBodine]

Snow tires SUCK(fuel out of my tank)! This fill MAY be around 45, but I don't see any afterwards being much over 40. This tank had 177 miles with the RE92s on and the rest with studded snows.

Wait a minute... When did 40mpg become "bad"? You might be and Ecomodder if...

[Weather Spotter]

I know the feeling about snow tires, I was getting about 48 with the cold temps but that is down to 41-42 with snow tires.

[Arragonis]

I haven't felt the need for snow tyres here in Scotland although the option is there - the local Toyota dealer is offering an option of storing your normal tyres and fitting them for a fee.

Temps themselves are eating my FE though - down a rough 15% from normal on the gauge but luckily the distances I need to travel are low at the moment so its not costing too much.

[Varn]

I put snow tires on over a year ago on the Jetta. Now you tell me how bad they suck.

[JethroBodine]

I don't have to, MetroMPG already has here . Note the difference between the rolls of the RE92s and the snow tires.

[320touring]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

I haven't felt the need for snow tyres here in Scotland although the option is there - the local Toyota dealer is offering an option of storing your normal tyres and fitting them for a fee.

Temps themselves are eating my FE though - down a rough 15% from normal on the gauge but luckily the distances I need to travel are low at the moment so its not costing too much.

Last couple of days have been unseasonably mild..

the iS is turning out 37-39 ish..

cant complain too much!

[NeilBlanchard]

There was a time just a few years ago when my goal was to drive more than 500 miles on a tank of gas. Now I can say that I drove over 500 miles on a tank in 12 months out of 13 -- I missed by slightly less than 20 miles on my only tank fillup in January. I only pumped ~11.1 gallons, so I could have done it if the timing was different -- I like to always use the same gas station, and I was headed out on a longer drive that day.

I set a new high this past year: 55.2MPG and 616 miles on a tank -- I averaged over 52mpg from June through August, and so far my low for the winter was 42.5mpg. And I am still 50% over EPA over the past 90 days.

My mileage is a nearly perfect indicator of the air temperature. Especially since my average drive distance is now much shorter than it was a few years ago.

[endurance]

Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard

There was a time just a few years ago when my goal was to drive more than 500 miles on a tank of gas. Now I can say that I drove over 500 miles on a tank in 11 months out of 12 -- I missed by slightly less than 20 miles on my only tank fillup in January. I only pumped ~11.1 gallons, so I could have done it if the timing was different -- I like to always use the same gas station, and I was headed out on a longer drive that day.

Your post reminded my of my recent epic fail at trying to set a new tank record. I've only had one tank over 500 miles since I started hypermiling and modding, but about a month ago I thought I was having a great tank. I was heading into town going to the bank and to run some other errands and my idiot light had been since I left the house. I was already over 490 miles and decided to run to the bank before filling up to try to hit the 500 mile mark. I did my banking business, rolled backward (in neutral) to get out of my parking spot, and tried to restart the car. The uphill angle of the car prevented the few drops of fuel in the tank from getting to the pick up and I was done for.

That led to the inevitable walk of shame to the gas station to buy a gas can and a gallon of fuel to get my car started. Brilliant! I should have known that I've never had better than 39.8mpg on a winter tank and I have to average 39.9 to get 500 miles from a tank. Ooops!