Daily gas mileage blab thread

[cfg83]

Hello -

Found a nice turtle to follow on the 710 South today :

ROUTE : 10 West -> 710 South -> 105 West -> 405 South -> Exit Freeway 
=> Roughly 27+ miles
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NET ELEVATION CHANGE : ~210 feet drop 
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SCANGAUGE "CURRENT" READINGS : 
61.1 MPG, 
0.4 Gallons, 
207 Water Temp Max, 
27.7 Miles, 
2473 RPM Max,
0.5 Hours, 
65 MPH Max, 
48 MPH AVG 
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IAT READING : Forgot to look! Probably in excess of 125 degrees F.
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WEATHER(.com) : 
70.5 degrees F, 
Partly Cloudy, 
17.5% Humidity, 
24.0 degrees F Dew Point, 
30.17 in. Pressure, 
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TIME : ~11:50 AM to ~12:20 PM, ~30 minutes
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RECENT CAR CHANGES : Nothing worth mentioning ... yet
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HYPOTHESIS : 
Look at the low humidity and dew point.  
Just a warm dry day in LA

CarloSW2

[Domman56]

I've been dricing the last two days in my mom's mercedes and i was suuper proud of myself I got 35.6 MPG IN the city I just kept below 40 MPH the whole time and it was easy

[cfg83]

Domman56 -

Originally Posted by Domman56

I've been dricing the last two days in my mom's mercedes and i was suuper proud of myself I got 35.6 MPG IN the city I just kept below 40 MPH the whole time and it was easy

Wow, did you have any "magic streetlight" runs where you just kept rolling through the greens? Last week we were on Ventura and it seemed like we went 5 miles without hitting a red light. Probably only 3, but it *felt* like 5.

CarloSW2

[Domman56]

Originally Posted by cfg83

Domman56 -



Wow, did you have any "magic streetlight" runs where you just kept rolling through the greens? Last week we were on Ventura and it seemed like we went 5 miles without hitting a red light. Probably only 3, but it *felt* like 5.

CarloSW2

Very few But taking backstreets helps because you can do california rolling stops through the stopsigns

[cfg83]

Hello -

Raining today. Here's the view on the 105 West :

ROUTE : 10 West -> 710 South -> 105 West -> 405 South -> Exit Freeway 
=> Roughly 27+ miles
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NET ELEVATION CHANGE : ~210 feet drop 
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SCANGAUGE "CURRENT" READINGS : 
54.4 MPG, 
0.5 Gallons, 
206 Water Temp Max, 
27.6 Miles, 
2086 RPM Max,
0.6 Hours, 
60 MPH Max, 
45 MPH AVG 
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IAT READING : Forgot to look! Probably in excess of 115 degrees F.
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WEATHER(.com) : 
55 degrees F, 
Rain, 
80% Humidity, 
49 degrees F Dew Point, 
29.64 in. Pressure, 
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TIME : ~10:55 AM to ~11:30 PM, ~36 minutes
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RECENT CAR CHANGES : None
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HYPOTHESIS : 
None.  Just wanted to capture a rainy day.  
Given the situation, I'm happy with the results.

CarloSW2

[RobertSmalls]

I drove 30mi south, into some gentle hills, on the throughway. I got 68mpg on the way there, going 62-64mph the whole way, and lean burning most of the way. 65mpg on the ride home, despite the descent, because I drove 74mph for the first third of the way, forfeiting lean burn.

I'm very happy with both numbers. If I had my summer tires on, it would have been 70-something mpg, plus the lean burn window would be wider.

[RobertSmalls]

6°F = a hard earned 50.2mpg today. Almost no lean burn or regenerative braking.

[cfg83]

Hello -

Very good day on the way to work :

ROUTE : 
10 West -> 710 South -> 105 West -> 405 South -> Exit Freeway 
=> Roughly 27+ miles
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NET ELEVATION CHANGE : ~210 feet drop 
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SCANGAUGE "CURRENT" READINGS : 
64.9 MPG, 
0.4 Gallons, 
206 Water Temp Max, 
27.5 Miles, 
1986 RPM Max, 
0.6 Hours, 
58 MPH Max, 
45 MPH AVG 
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IAT READING : Hot Air Intake led to Input Air Temp readings of 
around 120+ degrees F.
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WEATHER(.com) : 
78 degrees F, 
Sunny/Fair
22.5% Humidity, 
37.5 degrees F Dew Point, 
30.00 in. Pressure, 
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TIME : ~10:40 AM to ~11:15 AM, ~36 minutes
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RECENT CAR CHANGES : 3 of four wheels covered in plastic racing disks.  
No rear wheel skirt.  Side skirts and spring-loaded front air dam in place 
but not video-tested.

HYPOTHESIS : Warms days + slow traffic. Very low humidity. It's amazing to think I could have got my record today in "warm but not hot" weather.

CarloSW2

[MetroMPG]

Nice work. Warm weather is still a distant hope here!

[AeroModder]

I believe my Tempo has a 12 gallon or so tank. Today, I switched my air filter out for the old paper filter. At first, the engine quit a few times because the ECU didn't fully recalibrate, but it was okay after. A little less power, though. The weather was a LOT friendlier than it has been, with no rain all day and a sunny, low 50's afternoon.

The car seemed to run a little warmer this morning, but the needle moved just over halfway between hashmarks. Since there are 6 hash marks, that would lead one to believe that each mark is 2 gallons. If that was true, I would have gotten almost 40 MPG today. However, taking into account the past E and F capacity, I may have hit my goal of 30 MPG. I'll see what the final calculations are after this tank is used up.