New record distance!

[4ringcircus]

Hey nice timing on your post. I am about to set my own record and go 400 miles on my Ranger. I know I should be happly about not going to the gas station, but until I get that receipt and crunch the numbers, the MPG is unofficial. It is driving me a little crazy waiting to hit Empty. You must have been dieing waiting 7 weeks for the trip to the gas station!

[user removed]

Souldn't the electricity used to charge the battery be included in the mileage calculation?

regards
Mech

[PaleMelanesian]

I did list the electricity used, for completeness, but it's hardly significant.

Use the X-prize conversion of 34 kwh = 1 gallon
0.74 kwh / 34 = 0.02 gallons
13.75 + 0.02 = 13.77 gallons
1133 mi / 13.77 gallons = 82.28 mpg, down from 82.4 mpg.

That's a difference of 0.12 mpg.

[California98Civic]

Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian

I just beat my distance record! Thanks to an excessively hot summer, among other things. It took 7 weeks of commuting, 10 miles at a time. I started with the tank topped off until gas was sitting in the filler. I ran it down until it sputtered and died. A gas can (2.000 gal) in the back got me to the station for the rest of the fill.

1133 miles
13.751 gallons
82.4 mpg

Mods:
Grille block - smooth upper, 3/4 lower to leave a little airflow
Tire pressure - high
Mobil1 5w20 oil
Scangauge
Battery trickle charger. Too much EOC runs the battery down. 0.74 kwh for the tank.
A highly adjusted nut behind the wheel.

Techniques:
P&G EOC
conserving momentum
light timing
route selection
low speeds
low rpm shifting
parking at the uphill end of the lot, facing downhill for a rolling start (I enter at the top, so I just stop there)
NO AC

Blast from the past! And this legend, hypermiled car (retired) deserves both the sticker picture and the hat picture from the 70 MPG Challenge club.

[PaleMelanesian]

Thanks! My new car, commute, and life are not up to those standards these days. I'm happy with mostly 50+ tanks now.

Despite the similar ratings, the Fit is not as efficient as the old Civic, by at least 10%. And my route is shorter so more of the time is spent in warmup mode. And it's not as aerodynamic. But the hatchback is so much more useful I made a deliberate choice on that point.

My best tank in the new car is 72 mpg.

[California98Civic]

Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian

Thanks! My new car, commute, and life are not up to those standards these days. I'm happy with mostly 50+ tanks now.

Despite the similar ratings, the Fit is not as efficient as the old Civic, by at least 10%. And my route is shorter so more of the time is spent in warmup mode. And it's not as aerodynamic. But the hatchback is so much more useful I made a deliberate choice on that point.

My best tank in the new car is 72 mpg.

Yup. I see it in your fuel log, too: Aug. 18, 2014... so the PaleFit also qualifies for the hat picture and the sticker picture.

[ik04]

That's really impressive considering your run time is so short. I was able to get 78 mpg out of my VW Lupo 1.9l non-turbo by just driving it normally, using all the hypermiling tricks. My 2014 US Passat got 1,000 miles from its first tank and about 850miles driving it at 75-80 all day...