Go Back   EcoModder Forum > EcoModding > General Efficiency Discussion
Register Now
 Register Now
 

Reply  Post New Thread
 
Submit Tools LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 08-14-2008, 02:18 PM   #1 (permalink)
EcoModding Lurker
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 63
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
My family and my fuel log....

Bought my metro in July of '07

Have tracked every ounce of gas I have put in it since the first tank.

Today I find out, my 3 brothers, my wife, and even my parents have all been in on the plot... for the last 3+ months they have randomly been adding gas to my tank! ...

ARRRRRGGGGGG

  Reply With Quote
Alt Today
Popular topics

Other popular topics in this forum...

   
Old 08-14-2008, 02:23 PM   #2 (permalink)
Batman Junior
 
MetroMPG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,513

Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 60.16 mpg (US)
Thanks: 4,058
Thanked 6,957 Times in 3,602 Posts
3 months is a long time to torture an ecomodder. Aside from the lapse in their collective judgment on that point, it is kind of funny.

Have they promised to stop? (Or are you willing to continue to be subsidized?)
__________________
Project MPGiata! Mods for getting 50+ MPG from a 1990 Miata
Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater
Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage.
Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



EcoModder
has launched a forum for the efficient new Mitsubishi Mirage
www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners
www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-14-2008, 02:36 PM   #3 (permalink)
EcoModding Lurker
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 63
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
They have said they are going to stop.
But knowing them, that is just so they can do it again!

So I'm getting a locking gas cap on the way home tonight.


...... To explain how easily they did this.... We all live close to each other, original family farm..... so my parents are about 1/8 mile away, my house in the middle, and then 2 more brothers have houses up the next hill.... all within 1/4 mile circle.
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-14-2008, 09:01 PM   #4 (permalink)
EcoModding Apprentice
 
PA32R's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Anaheim, CA
Posts: 129

LR3 - '06 Land Rover LR3 HSE
90 day: 21.13 mpg (US)
Thanks: 1
Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by Noel View Post
Bought my metro in July of '07

Have tracked every ounce of gas I have put in it since the first tank.

Today I find out, my 3 brothers, my wife, and even my parents have all been in on the plot... for the last 3+ months they have randomly been adding gas to my tank! ...

ARRRRRGGGGGG
So... where do you live? Perhaps, if close enough, they could subject me to similar torture.
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-14-2008, 10:02 PM   #5 (permalink)
Hi-Tech Redneck
 
Johnny Mullet's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Ashtabula, Ohio
Posts: 1,436
Thanks: 6
Thanked 49 Times in 42 Posts
Send a message via AIM to Johnny Mullet Send a message via MSN to Johnny Mullet
I want to feel the pain also
__________________

GeoMetroforum.com - got mpg?
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-15-2008, 03:12 AM   #6 (permalink)
Pokémoderator
 
cfg83's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
Posts: 5,864

1999 Saturn SW2 - '99 Saturn SW2 Wagon
Team Saturn
90 day: 40.49 mpg (US)
Thanks: 439
Thanked 530 Times in 356 Posts
Noel -

Dude, that's eco-brutal!

CarloSW2
__________________

What's your EPA MPG? Go Here and find out!
American Solar Energy Society
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-15-2008, 04:26 PM   #7 (permalink)
Master EcoModder
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Auburn, NH
Posts: 451

Wicked Wanda - '99 VW Beetle GLS
90 day: 29.59 mpg (US)

Green Monster - '99 Ford Explorer Sport
90 day: 16.73 mpg (US)

Dad's Taxi - '99 Honda Odyssey EX
90 day: 24.23 mpg (US)
Thanks: 0
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
That's some funny stuff there!

If they really wanted to mess with him they could add gas some weeks and siphon it out the others.
__________________
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-23-2008, 07:11 PM   #8 (permalink)
EcoModding Lurker
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 63
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Determained to beat all previous tampered tanks with my new tank (and locking gas cap)

I hit 54mpg on the metro. New personal best.

...Will be adding a new log soon
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-24-2008, 10:36 AM   #9 (permalink)
Batman Junior
 
MetroMPG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,513

Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 60.16 mpg (US)
Thanks: 4,058
Thanked 6,957 Times in 3,602 Posts
Woohoo!

Now all you need to do is make sure they're not jacking the front wheels off the ground and spinning your odometer ahead while you're parked!

Oh, and look into locking valve stem caps.
__________________
Project MPGiata! Mods for getting 50+ MPG from a 1990 Miata
Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater
Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage.
Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



EcoModder
has launched a forum for the efficient new Mitsubishi Mirage
www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners
www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget
  Reply With Quote
Old 08-30-2008, 12:06 AM   #10 (permalink)
Renaissance Man
 
Formula413's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: In the Northeast dreaming of the Southwest
Posts: 596

Aegean C - '17 Honda Civic LX
90 day: 38.89 mpg (US)
Thanks: 20
Thanked 31 Times in 24 Posts
Check under the car to see if they have added a belly pan.

__________________

  Reply With Quote
Reply  Post New Thread


Thread Tools




Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.5.2
All content copyright EcoModder.com