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Welcome to the last week in January!

The trip in wasn't so bad, but this wind is going to really hurt on the way home. :p


25F (11F windchill), 18mph tail/crosswind from the WNW, light snow:


81.7mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is up to 75.6mpg over 664.5mi with 3 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

I guess I'll be filling up on Wednesday.

I'm off to a relatively decent start for the day. The FCD was displaying 32F this morning and the winds were SW@ 5-10 mph with gusts to 20+ mph. The daily average is at 65.8 mpg. I just went to 1 pip on the guess-gauge this morning so I'll fill up either before I go to pick up my wife this afternoon or on the way home. The FCD is reporting 65.2 mpg for just under 570 miles on this tank.
68.1 8.9
64.0 10.2

54 F (yay)

* 60.1 over 6 miles to preschool
* Forgot to reset, but 67.2 overall for the 12 miles.

Dang... I like warmer weather, and no traffic :)

Started school back up today after having about a month off.

Was not such a great day for f/e. Windy and heavy rains with standing water on the roads. The only good thing is that it's not snow. Average temp was 55F with rain and winds from the S at 23mph.

- 43.7mpg for 21.9 miles from home to school on the back roads.
- 37.9mpg for 23.3 miles on the trip back home :(.

Tank average has dropped to 43.8mpg.

I was right about the wind not being fun on the way home. :p

The snow has built up quite a bit and with ice and water mixed in on the roads it makes driving... interesting.

21F (6F windchill), 18mph cross/headwind from the WNW, snowing:


74.2mpg for 22.6mi (Work to home)

The tank is back down to 75.4mpg over 687.1mi with 2 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day total: 77.7mpg over 45.4mi

I guess I'll be filling up tomorrow instead of Wednesday. :rolleyes:

There wasn't much of a change in temperature today; we only hit a high of 34F. Winds stayed stiff and were SW@ 10-20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
68.1 8.9-to get coffee
64.0 10.2-on to wife's work and back home
44.3 .9-to gas station
65.9 20.0-on to wife's work and back home
Average for today was 65.2 mpg. The tank was 62. 6 mpg over 575.7 miles.

drop off at School then to work>
- 17.9 / 13.6 miles (31F BUT THE WIND:eek: W12 to 29 Gusting to 40) all side wind:(

back home>
- 19.9 / 13.3 miles (36F and still the WIND W17-24 Gustin got 40) :(

daily avg = 18.9 / 26.9 miles
tank down to ~19.9 with 273.1 miles on the ODO Guage is at 3/8.

Slightly chilly out there.

11F (-6F windchill), 15mph tailwind from the NW, overcast:


77.7mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is back up to 75.6mpg over 709.9mi with 2 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

I was rushing to get home = 57.6 mpg
This morning my battery was low, and at one of the last lights it wasn't enough to crank the engine over. It did, however, reset my scangauge. There was enough downhill that I crept along until I could bump-start, but I collected some angry commuters in the process.

2 results:
- I've been neglecting my battery charger this week. No more!
- I have to hand-calculate that missing portion (~10 miles and about 65 mpg) for the rest of this tank, which is still above Full.

Much better day today :). Average temp 40F with very little wind.

- 46.9mpg for 22.6 miles from home to the gym.
- 41.5mpg for 9.1 miles from the gym to school.
- 44.5mpg for 23.3 miles from school to home.

Tank average is currently up to 44mpg.

I wish the wind would let up around here!

8F (-8F windchill), 11mph cross/headwind from the W, sunny:


75.2mpg for 23.2mi (Work to Costco -- didn't swing by my house this time just to see how bad the route would be)
80.8mpg for 2.5mi (Costco to home)

The tank FCD ended at 75.6mpg over 733.2mi with one bar left on the fuel gauge. Pumping resulted in a fill of 9.882g with a calculated tank average of 74.2mpg. It was a good bit colder for this fill and the pump was chugging extra slow... <shrug>

Day Total: 76.6mpg over 48.5mi

school then work >
- 17.6 / 13.7 miles (26F NW8) mostly a head wind

home >
- 19.7 / 13.2 miles (36 W5)

daily avg = 18.6 over 26.9 miles
tank is down to ~19.8 with 300.0 on the ODO and the gauge reading 2/8 (about 50 miles less than in the summer)

A bit cooler this morning. I tried for 80+mpg but couldn't quite hit the mark.

5F (-9F windchill), 9mph tail/crosswind from the W, hazy:


78.7mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is down to 78.9mpg over 25.3mi.

I've got my monthly lunch out with friends so this number will surely drop a bit. :p

68.7 home last night, 64 degrees
68.1 this morning, 38 degrees

That brings the tank down to 70.4 / 187 miles.

9F (-7F windchill), 12mph wind from the W, sunny:


50mpg for 2.2mi (Work to restaurant)

The tank is down to 75.4mpg over 27.5mi.

Day Total: 74.9mpg over 25.0mi

I haven't really felt to report my most recent numbers, but I have to report these...

I did get a 35.6mpg over 6.8mi into work this morning, so I know my SG is working properly

I went home for lunch on a cold engine,
6.8mi @ 41.5mpg (this is summer number territory)

Coming back to work:
6.8mi @ 60.3mpg

I'll just wait till the end of the next tank to verify that what I'm doing is actually working. :D.

Ambient Temp was 35F btw

Ricardo? What the... ?? :confused:

More wind to fight on the way home. 11F (-6F windchill), 16-21mph cross/headwind from the W, sunny:


79.6mpg for 24.6mi (Restaurant to home)

The tank is back up to 77.3mpg over 52.1mi

Day Total: 77.0mpg over 49.6mi

^Those are some awesome numbers Ricardo.

I found my new route to take on M,W,F to school. It's also gonna be my bicycle route when i start riding once or twice a week. The other route i was taking had 23 stop lights, and this new one only has 16. When i first pulled into my parking lot sg2 was showing 45.1mpg. Unfortunately myself and about 5 cars in front of me and 10+ cars behind coming in had to turn around and go to another lot. Trying to find the other lot and Springfield traffic dropped f/e a lot :mad:. I need to leave earlier from now on so this doesn't happen again.

Average temp today was 35F with very little wind.

- 43mpg for 23 miles from home to school after having to deal with city traffic trying to find the other parking lot :rolleyes:. I was also late to class.
- 38.4mpg for 8.3 miles from school to the gym.
- 41.4mpg for 9.1 miles from the gym back to school.
- 44.1mpg for 23.3 miles from school to home.

The tank is down to 43.8mpg, and tomorrow on the way home i'll have to fill up.

Ricardo, are you spiking you fuel again ;)

school then to work>
- 18.8 / 13.7 miles (37F SW10 with light rain and wet roads)

work to home>
- 20.3 / 13.2 miles (52F SW8)

Daily avg = 19.5 over 26.9 miles
Tank is ~19.8 with 326.9 miles on it and gauge is at 3/16.

we are suppose to get some winter weather again tomorrow into Friday. We will see what it does to the FE:(

Colder yet...

-2F (-18F windchill), 10mph tail/crosswind from the W, hazy:


73.5mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is down to 76.1mpg over 75.0mi

Enjoying the warmer weather before the rain and then winter is back tonight. We'll be sub-freezing for a while after that.

69.5 mpg / 60 degrees home last night
72.4 / 54 degrees this morning

4F (-6F windchill), 6mph headwind from the NW, sunny:


73.3mpg for 20.1mi (Work to doctor's office)

The tank continues to slide to 75.4mpg over 95.1mi

Day Total: 73.3mpg over 42.9mi

Starting snowing out of nowhere today for the morning commute. Stopped by the afternoon but the roads were wet. Average temp was 32F with very little wind.

- 44.9mpg for 22.6 miles from home to the gym.
- 38.8mpg for 9.1 miles from the gym to school. Snow was falling heavy during this trip.
- 41.3mpg for 16.3 miles from school to the gas station to fill up.

The tank ended up being 43.2mpg over 446.9 miles for this fill up.

- 37.5mpg for 7 miles from the gas station to home.

The tank is currently sitting at 37.5mpg.

5F (-7F windchill), 7mph wind from the WNW, sunny:


70.0mpg for 3.7mi (Doctor's office to home)

The tank is down a bit more to 75.2mpg over 98.8mi with all 20 bars still showing on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 73.0mpg over 46.6mi

school then to work >
- 17.8 / 13.7 miles (25F N@9)

home >
- 19.3 / 13.3 miles (30F NW13 to 18) no snow flying yet.

daily avg - 18.5 over 27.0 miles
tanks is down ~ 19.8 over 353.9 miles and now at 1/8 tank, dumbing light came on.

No driving for me today -- working from home.

Just a glimpse of Jeff's nasty weather in OK, but still chilly and rainy.

69.9 home last night into a gusting north wind
66.9 this morning in the rain

The tank is down a tenth to 70.7 / 258 miles and now below F.

Horrible day today not only for f/e but driving overall :(. Black ice and snow for the morning commute and wicked heavy winds for the whole day. Average temp was 15F and 30mph winds from pretty much all directions with the windchill at -7F.

- 38.4mpg for 21.6 miles from home to school.
- 35.5mpg for 8 miles from school to the gym.
- 36.6mpg for 9.1 miles from the gym back to school.
- 40.3mpg for 23.3 miles from school to home.

Currently the tank is sitting at 38.3mpg :eek:. I'm glad this is the very beginning of the tank.

Looks like you did pretty well for the conditions, Dan. Chin up!

yesterdays information:

No school on account of snow so just to work >
- 16.0 / 13.6 miles (22F NE@14-23 snowing with snow covered roads 4x4 used sparingly)

home>
- 17.4 / 13.4 miles (20 NE@14-21 stil snowing and roads snow covered, and SUPPPERRR slow drivers, 4x4 used sparingly again)

Daily avg = 16.7 / 27.0 miles (very disgusted:(:eek::mad:)
tank is down ~19.6 over 380.9 miles with the guage just above the E.

We got about 6-8 inches of snow all in all and escaped most of the ice.

Had to swing by the Church today.

17F (10F windchill) down, 4mph headwind from the S, sunny,
16F back, 3mph tail/crosswind from the SW, sunny:


76.1mpg for 17.2mi (Home to Church)
88.5mpg for 17.2mi (Church to home)

The tank is back up to 76.8mpg over 133.3mi with all 20 bars still on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 82.0mpg for 34.5mi