Daily gas mileage blab thread

[Smurf]

Yeah, filled up the truck today for the first time in a few months.

196 miles, 11.001 gallons. 17.8MPG, mostly in town.

But, this is my baseline fill. In the next couple weeks, the plugs and wires and filters and fluids are all getting changed, blocking off some openings, etc. In about five weeks, I have a 500 mile trip coming, and I'd like to achieve 25MPG on that.

I got a loooong way to go...

[redyaris]

Originally Posted by Weather Spotter

had to fill up today, I was going to get a new switch and was 1/2 mile from the gas station when I pulsed and the engine started stuttering. I was able to cost through a light and roll to a stop right at the pump

tank was 1005.1 miles at 75.57 MPG!!!!!

now I need a new goal!

I am unsure if I could get to 100 MPG, it would be nice but it might take till next summer.

My Yaris is suffering from a case of "boat tail envey"

[Weather Spotter]

that is a fixable condition

with one you might beat me in total MPG!

[serialk11r]

Filled up today! 45 dollars 27mpg average. Sucks, wasted 2 of the 10 gallons I filled by having to park my car with no parking permit too many times :/

Finally got my windshield mount though, Torque seems to be telling me <1500rpm is a huge no no for the engine unless I'm decelerating. Slightly over 1500 rpm seems pretty good, the car seems to max out at about 60 mpg though, so I'm trying to pulse and glide now. I feel a little sorry for my transmission when I miss shifts but I'm getting familiar with downshifting and crap anyways.

[Smurf]

Since I just filled up yesterday, I decided to block off the upper grill and pull in the passenger mirror, and did a 100-mile round trip at 60-65 MPH.

Filled up at the same exact pump, 99.9 miles / 3.704 gallons = 27MPG on the highway. EPA is 22.

[Weather Spotter]

I had a surprising trip to work. 79.8 mpg. No winds temps 55f. By far my best trip. I think the ps delete is helping.

[redyaris]

2500 MB Sprinter van 2.73m [8.95ft] high, 1.99m [6.52ft] wide, 7.3m [23.9ft] long,w/3L turbo diesle V-6
First tank 73L/765km = 9.54L/100km [24.6 mpg]
Average speed 68km/h [42.5mph], temp 20*C

What this illustrats is that a tall van with a frontal area of 5.44 m2 [58.5 sq ft] can get better than the fleet average of 11.3L/100km [20.8 mpg]

What a sad comentary on the average vehical on the road today.

[Sven7]

Originally Posted by Weather Spotter

I had a surprising trip to work. 79.8 mpg. No winds temps 55f. By far my best trip. I think the ps delete is helping.

Nice! I have a couple questions.

1. Is the steering ratio difficult to handle on a day to day basis (and how many MPG do you think it added)? I enjoy manual steering on my other cars but the Probe's steering feels heavy when EOC'ing.

2. What kind of gains did you see on the nose extension?

I'm debating whether to do a nose extension or front wheel skirts. For now, front wheel skirts are winning, if just because they look awesome.

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by Weather Spotter

I had a surprising trip to work. 79.8 mpg. No winds temps 55f. By far my best trip. I think the ps delete is helping.

I have a question too - do you track your average speed? I'm curious. In the Firefly/Metro, I'd be roughly in the high 20's or low 30's (MPH) to get numbers like that (using pulse & glide).

[roosterk0031]

Stratus's PS broke this summer, 3 tanks average before was 36.37, next 3 tanks averaged 37.09 2% gain. I also removed duct tape grill block at same time so some of that 2% could be there.

My 15 yo daughter is driving it without PS no problem(drained oil), and getting 33 mpg on her 4 mile drive to school, she's a good coaster even though car's not without shifting to N which she doesn't. She drove the Impala the other day and didn't like it's PS, it's to sensative.