New Feature: EcoModder Team Competition

[PaleMelanesian]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Did you happen to note your average speed for the tank? Context is good. Not minimizing your achievement.

My best 104 mpg fill-up in the Firefly was at ~20 mph average, per the SG (which is not a "rolling average" speed - it includes time stopped, up to 5 minutes).

It's my usual ~25 mph average, by the scangauge. That means 30-35 rolling average. Same as I've been doing on this commute for years. I've got 35, 45 and 50 mph speed limits, which are ideal for good mileage. I do a 25-40 P&G cycle most of the time, adjusting a little higher or lower at certain points. (like 5 mph past the neighbors as I approach home. )

Actually, this time the Scangauge reported 100+ mph average toward the end. I think there's an overflow error somewhere in the hour counter when you run a tank out past 7 weeks.

[MetroMPG]

Thanks for the added info. (I always imagine noobs reading the eye-popping numbers - good to give background on what's needed to achieve them.)

Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian

I've got 35, 45 and 50 mph speed limits, which are ideal

No kidding! This week I drove a ~180 mile round trip in the UFO on suburban, city & rural side roads with those same limits. Squeezed out ~91 mpg without having to to P&G. Just cruising along driving with load (DWL), anticipating, and trying to keep it in lean burn.

[PaleMelanesian]

Wow! 91 mpg and no p&g? That car is great! (of course we knew that already) My driving is 100% p&g to get these numbers.

[alvaro84]

(a bit off, but...)

PaleMelanesian, you kicked me out of the top 3 @ gassavers.org

Congratulations

[redyaris]

alvaro84
I have no idea which is more acurate grays' odometer, google maps, or GPS. they all have a margine of error. I accept my odometer as being good enough even though I could get better numbers by using Googe maps or GPS. My main consideration is the change/improvement over time/distance. a 20% improvement is still an improvement whether it is actualy 19% or 21% is less important to me.

[alvaro84]

I think I continue to use this 1% correction until my commute returns to the 24.6km that it used to be before I changed tires (today it was even less than 24.4).

Oh, wait. It won't ever, we just bought a house somewhere else so my commute will be entirely different soon But I'll keep an eye on the new commute too. I'm bound to switch again to another type of tires, I don't like when Teresa eats a rear over a mere 10000km. P&G and riding with a passenger aren't too nice with the tire, I guess. But Z6s saw several thousand kms of 2-up riding and much P&G too, yet they lasted 28000... so I'll switch again and those I'll choose will have slightly different diameter again...

All in all, I think I accept the original state of the odometer. First 2.5 years of my log was recorded with Metzeler Z6s. I got used to that and I need to use a bit of correction to retain the length of Teresa Kilometers. And even back then she showed less than the road signs or google maps. Or Ciliegia.

(Ciliegia has new tires too. And I couldn't compare the two bikes yet, because Cili' spent the summer at the workshop because of shiNIN's accident )

[320touring]

Just Started Team m8 for the poor ecomodders that have to suffer the worst motorway in Scotland..

Now to convince my carshare clolleague to let me log her fuel consumption!

[euromodder]

Originally Posted by 320touring

Just Started Team m8 for the poor ecomodders that have to suffer the worst motorway in Scotland..

Is it worse than the M6 near Birmingham (before the toll bypass) ?

[RH77]

Originally Posted by alvaro84

(a bit off, but...)

PaleMelanesian, you kicked me out of the top 3 @ gassavers.org

Congratulations

Please tell me that the rules have improved since I wrote the most convoluted, strictest set of rules for a friendly competition

RH77

[doviatt]

I was just looking through the Team Metro member entries and fuel logs. It appears that Turbo Dan-O has a serious entry for Metro Sexual after a engine/trans replacement. Numbers like that will help the team. I'm willing to hand over the baton as your 90 day passes mine. Keep up the good work.