Game's on! Ultimate Ecomodder Fuel Economy Challenge

[Unforgiven]

Nice, I hope I can log in more often while I am out on the road so I can see how things go.

[Matt Herring]

Taco - Let's use your next tank as your first round tank. Seeing that you refuel about once a week it's not a big deal to use your next one. Now that everyone knows about the contest we're all on the same page with tanks.

Tas - Let's use your final tank in the TDI and if you advance we might have to let the first tank in your new car be a "test" tank to get some date before comparing with other competitors mpg's if you advance to the next round. Use your next TDI fuel log entry for the first round and we will take it from there.

[Matt Herring]

Here's the updated bracket with adjusted numbers for Johnny Mullet and Sean T. Good luck guys!

[Matt Herring]

Sean T - the contest could take a few weeks or it could take until February. Tas is correct...once your 4 tanks are on the books (one for each round...assuming you don't get eliminated during the first three rounds) your tournament is completed and you may have to wait for opponents tanks to be entered (maybe as long as a month or two for the higher mpg guys). You are basically trying to pull 4 great tanks and hopefully you make it far enough to use all 4 through the final round!

[bhazard]

I just filled up yesterday and the pump never shut off. Lost about $.50 on the ground and it filled up to the cap rather than shut off then round to the next $.25 like I normally do. So Ill just drive down a quarter tank or so and then top it off, then start my log again from there.

Go figure Im in it against the Mullet Man.

Oh well, Ive got my full grill block + airdam and 50 psi in my tarrs. I just dropped my ignition timing from 20* or so to around 13-15* and started running regular again. Ill give him a run.

[Matt Herring]

Bhazard -

Like they say in the big leagues. "To be the best...you gotta beat the best." And Johnny is up there with the best. But, you do get the added 13.89 mpgs to your tank so it's even odds to beat the Mullet...good luck bro!

[Sean T.]

Wouldn't it have been more accurate to use the "last three fills" data? This would show a much more accurate scale of how everyone is doing with their FE.

Just a far-out example, but if someone did a lot of hauling as a summer job or something and got tanks that were 15mpg all summer, then their job ended and their past 3 tanks were 30mpg, then obviously they would probably get 30 again, but their 90-day average would be very very low because it includes all the 15mpg tanks.

I really am sorry to bring this up again, but I can't find any possible way for me to even come close on the first round. If Blinger gets the same mpg as his last tank (~44), I would need to get a whopping 28-29 to beat him... meaning a 450 mile tank... I have never even seen 400.

[Johnny Mullet]

Originally Posted by bhazard

Go figure Im in it against the Mullet Man.

I recently installed a block heater, but the other day, I replaced my P155/80R13 tires with P175/70R13 and I only have them at 35 PSI for snow traction. My MPG #'s have gone down since the cold weather and may go down even more with the tire situation, so I see a pretty fair game here

[tasdrouille]

Sean, it's just for fun. Look at my handicap, at first I thought it was a % handicap, but nooooo it's in MPG

I'd have to hit a 60 on this tank to make it to round 2, which is just not gonna happen with my day to day driving. But I still think it's fun to participate!

[93Cobra#2771]

Originally Posted by Johnny Mullet

I recently installed a block heater, but the other day, I replaced my P155/80R13 tires with P175/70R13 and I only have them at 35 PSI for snow traction. My MPG #'s have gone down since the cold weather and may go down even more with the tire situation, so I see a pretty fair game here

Keep us updated on how the tire change goes - I have a nearly new set of the larger size on my nissan that I may put on my geo before I sell the nissan. But undecided on that plan so far.

Glad to see a wagon was represented, even if it wasn't mine.