Daily gas mileage blab thread

[dirtydave]

I caught every light green on my way to work and didn't stop once.

[MetroMPG]

Yes, very nice summer numbers rolling in!

95 mpg (US) / 2.5 L/100 km in the Firefly/Metro yesterday taking old ForkenSwift batteries to the recycler. About 10 km/6 miles round trip, suburban/exurban, "cold" start, windows wide open enjoying the weather.

[jcp123]

Made 56mpg taking daughter to pool last night. Return trip was still good but not THAT good!

[Zenix]

Hole in the exhaust seems to be effecting gas mileage, and overall performance of the gtp. Hoping to see better numbers after getting back home. Another100 mile journey tomorrow night. We'll see.

[Baltothewolf]

Drove ~221 miles from Apple Valley California to Lake Havasu city Arizona in my dad's 2004 Corolla that has absolutely no mods, and was in a front end accident, so it has massive gaps between the bumper and headlights, and I still got 52.9mpg coming down. I'm hoping for 40-42 going home for an average of 47 mpg but we will see.

[jcp123]

45,7mpg...commuting, etc. plus had a couple of days with wife driving/using a/c. I'm satisfied with that.

[Miller88]

Switched the Focus to 91 Ethanol Free gas and am now getting 36MPG commuting back and fourth to work!

[OITW]

I know y'all have been breathlessly waiting.

I should add that the PT Cruiser I have is a limited, and is more like a Mercedes than the sporty rentals I had that convinced me to buy one. It turns like a brick, is heavier, and generally less fun.

When I started measuring my mileage I was getting 18.5, making a point never to accelerate over 2000 rpm, trying to keep speed low. Since February, I've been averaging over 21.5 using a lot of coast, keeping my speed in that sweet spot of low rpm/highest gear at 45 mph, tires inflated, lot of coasting (but this is Florida, flat), and ridiculously overpriced ethanol-free gasoline.

First of July I took a long road trip from Florida to Maine. I devised a radiator block and taped over the air inlets in the grill, and in the air panel below the bumper that cools the intercooler. I had the radiator flushed and refilled with HOAT a few days before leaving. My previous highway jaunt had netted me 26 mpg without these mods, so I was optimistic.

I averaged around 24, but this was driving at the speed limit. In the mountains I did a lot of engine off coasting, and my best mileage was 27-28 mpg in eastern Pennsylvania. I had to give up regular ethanol-free gas, but it was in most regular stations outside of New England and Florida, at the same price as regular gas (here it's nearly a dollar more per gallon, don't know who's jacking up the price).

Now for the negative. I didn't even get out of town before the engine overheated. At the side of the highway I ripped out the radiator block and pulled the tape off the grill (but I left the panel under the bumper taped over), and from there to Maine, zero problems. However, starting back towards the end of July, the radiator began overheating regularly. I could drive for hours on the highway, but slow down for construction or to get gas, and I had to roll down the windows and crank the heat on full blast to control it. Because it worked fine previously, I doubt it has anything to do with the tape over the lower grill, and is either a blockage in the radiator stirred up by the flushing, or a newly failed thermostat.

Sorry for the long post, but I just wanted to update that your recommended changes to driving habits and the grill have generated significant improvement, roughly a 33% improvement over previous mileage for this hog.

[slogfilet]

Got the mpguino installed in my VX over the weekend, and I'm averaging 52.7mpg on my 40-mile round trip commute (and I think it's slightly under-reporting due to not being calibrated yet).

Also, we recently traded the Element in for a Subaru Outback... it has an instant and trip mpg display, and my wife is enjoying the "mpg game." Instrumentation is the key to economy!

[Weather Spotter]

right next to my new work place is a 2 mile long runway that is now a road........ trying to decide if i want to use it for testing of any sort....... it would make a great coast down test spot. its flat wide and strait...........

ideas?