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How did I do? (How's my MPG?)
Most of you are aware of the Problems with Skuttlebutt .
I've tried hyper milling. I've driven it 299.1 Miles Approx 75 Miles driven during rain, otherwise it was all sunny. Refill gas needed: 9.89 Gallons. Pulled over by police approx 11 times. 1 ticket for driving an ugly car. No physical mods to the vehicle were performed. End Result: approx 30.2 MPG. So how did I do? (trip meter method) |
Not bad, your Taurus is beating my Camry by about 1MPG...I really want that extra MPG, the trip to Florida next week should help a lot though...
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WaxyChicken -
Hmmmm, at 21 combined MPG : (30.2 MPG)/(21 New EPA MPG) = 1.438 => 43.8% OVER EPA!!!!!!! I think that's righteous with an automatic. Since the rain and cops lowered your MPG, there's gotta be an even better tank hiding in there. CarloSW2 |
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Congrats, that's a nice number for this car. |
I am very impressed.
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Waxy: you should set up a fuel log for your Taurus so others who don't see this thread will see how you're doing.
PS - nice work!! |
Nice job. From your garage you said you got 17.5 MPG. You just saved 7.2 gallons for the distance traveled. So you just saved over $21 for that fill and emitted 144 pounds less CO2. :thumbup: Now you can single-handedly reduce our dependence on oil if you fix the leaks with the money you saved.:p:rolleyes:
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I'll be updating my garage next week sometime to ditch BigBen and add pics of the mysterious Skuttlebutt. |
Might I ask why you were stopped 11 times?
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Probably for the usual hyper milers "how much have you been drinking tonite sir" or.. "do you realize you have a... erm... thingy jutting out of the rear of your car??" sort of thing.
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The drinking question and because I work in a really rich sort of town and drive a transmission leaking, dog tracking, butt-clenching damned ugly car.
To put it in a more familiar perspective - my beat up crapper is driving down the road next to BMW's, Benzs and Porsches (I've even seen a Lamborghini or two). Of course the guy driving the crappy car must be a crack head! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr............... See for yourself by looking at the Comparision |
Man, sorry to hear that.
You need some I love the police stickers, or another car. I wish I had some great advise for not getting stopped, but I don't. |
They probably think you drive round there cause they buy it for more than most! heh.
I'm telling ya, duct tape what looks like a bumper, and spray paint it. People do stuff like that all the time with tail lights (red tape) and missing doors (clear plastic, spray painted to look like it has windows, a door handle, and the same color as the side of the car). |
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CRK ADCT That oughta get their attention. I am sure you will handle these minor setbacks with dignity and not allow them to lower your Spirit. S. |
With a plate like that, the drug lord in the Lambo might think you helped pay for his car!
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