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9F, 2mph crosswind from the NE, overcast:


78.9mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is up to 77.0mpg over 156.2mi

At a temp of 16F and wind SE@ 5 mph, the daily numbers are 62.1 mpg for the round trip to get coffee, on to my wife's work, and back home.

No stats on the Ranger since Thursday.
It's in the shop.
I'll probably get in back today or tomorrow.

100K mile maintenance
Thermostat housing, thermostat, radiator hoses (needed to be done before they could flush/replace the coolant)
Spark plugs, wires, valve cover gasket
Battery and wires
Steering linkages
Repack front wheel bearings and front u-joint

Overall: ~$2K on a truck that is supposedly worth about $4K.
But then I haven't had to replace anything in 65K miles except tires, so I guess it was due.

60.8 this morning at a frosty 33 degrees.

Weekend driving in the Ody (18/25 old epa):
26 mpg / 200 miles in rain and gusty headwind and near freezing temps
28 mpg back with warmer dry weather

Boy was that fun. Light snow all day == plenty of slush and no plowing == stupid spinouts to avoid on the way home. :p

13F (2F windchill), 9mph head/crosswind from the NE, snowing:


70.9mpg for 22.6mi (Work to home)

The tank is back down to 76.3mpg over 178.8mi with 18 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge. (Where'd that 19th bar go??)

Day Total: 74.7mpg over 45.4mi

We ended up with a high temp of 29F today and winds stayed fairly light and were SSE@ 5 mph.
62.1 19.1-Round trip to wife's work and back
70.8 21.9-Round trip to wife's work and back taking the scenic route back home
Average for today was 66.5 mpg.

29F with very little wind today.

- 43.4mpg for 21.6 miles from home to school.
- 41.6mpg for 23.3 miles from school back home. No gym trip today, so the car sat for about 6hrs without being warmed up. Starting coolant temp was 44F.
- 43.6mpg for 29.1 miles from home to pick up a new road bike.
- 45.2mpg for 28.1 miles for the trip back home.

Tank is currently up to 41.3mpg.

to school fora drop off and then to work>
- 17.9 / 13.6 miles (23F Calm)

From work to gas station>
- 19.2 / 9.8 miles (39F SW8)

Gas station to Pharmacy>
- 21.3 / 4.0 miles

Pharmacy to home>
- 16.0 / 0.8 miles (behind someone doing 10 MPH and the roads has 4-6 of slush on them:mad:( but hey it is melting at least :D)

Daily avg - 18.4 / 29.2 miles
tank is ~ 20.2 with 4.8 miles on it

Fill up was not as bad as I thought but still not good
404.3 miles on 19.565 Gals - 20.66 MPG. (38% over EPA combined which is only 15.)

what kind of bike Dan?

what kind of bike Dan?

Vintage Schwinn road bike. I'm gonna take it for a short ride tomorrow and hopefully if the weather holds out, commute to school on Wednesday.

There's nothing like unplowed roads early in the morning to get the blood pumping! You know it's bad when the temp is over 0F and I can't even touch 70mpg. :ccry:

12F (4F windchill), 5mph cross/tailwind from the N, snowing:


65.0mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is down to 74.9mpg over 201.7mi with 17 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Things warmed up again here.

71.8 mpg / 57 degrees home
73.5 / 44 degrees this morning

Tank is up slightly, back to 70.0 / 300 miles.

29F with very little wind.

- 44.4mpg for 22.6 miles from home to the gym.
- 42mpg for 9.8 miles from gym to school. Had to park in a different lot cuz mine was full.
- 42.8mpg for 22.7 miles from school to Walmart/Advance Auto to pick up some things.
- 41.3mpg for 13 miles for the trip home.

The tank is now up to 41.8mpg. If everything works out tomorrow and it's not a blizzard, i should be cycling to school instead of driving.

Refilled after only 1 week due to needing to drive an unusually high number of miles. Many of them highway miles, many of those in the "oh crap I'm late" mode. I think I actually drove 60 MPH on the freeway during one trip! Ulp! (This is on a road with a 65 MPH limit.)

Mileage went up about 2 MPG, which is not bad. The gas station had finally fixed their compressor, so I was able to air up my tires. They had drooped from 50 PSI back down to about 40. Loss was pretty even on all four tires, so handling/tracking was not noticeably affected.

Putting them back to 50 has restored the glide distance that I suspected I might be missing. I'm now looking forward to more tanks up in the 40s.

-soD

I had a solid 78.0mpg before having to stop to clear my driveway. :p

20F (11F windchill), 7mph cross/headwind from the WNW, sunny:


77.5mpg for 22.7mi (Work to home)

The tank is back up to 75.2mpg over 224.4mi with 17 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 70.9mpg over 45.6mi

school->work >
- 18.7 / 12.5 miles (30 W@5 through town mostly by and ATM for Lunch money for the next 2 weeks)

Work->Aldis
- 19.4 / 12.4 milies (35 Calm)

Aldis-> home
- 16.7 / 1.0 miles

daily avg = 18.9 / 25.9 miles
tank is ~19.6 with 30.7 miles on the ODO, gauge is still over F (my tank is full ;))

-3F, 1mph cross/tailwind from the NNW, clear:


75.9mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is steady at 75.2mpg over 247.2mi with 16 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Disappointing numbers, and no good reason for it.

64 mpg home, 10.8 miles, 53 degrees.
65.3 mpg to work, 10.4 miles, 37 degrees.

Tank is down to 69.6 / 322 miles.

(where that 0.4 miles comes in, I don't know)

I cannot understand it. I've been the recipient of road rage all day long in spite of driving significantly faster than I normally do. :confused: I even got passed by a school bus full of kids on the shoulder not 40' from the stop sign I left!! :eek: (Speed limit 45mph and I was already in the mid 20mph range when he started pulling around me. I actually had to slow down so he didn't run out of road. :confused:)

I've got to start bringing my headset with me so I can call in stuff like that. :(

21F (13F windchill), 6mph tail/crosswind from the SSE, overcast:


84.3mpg for 22.6mi (Work to home)

The tank is up to 75.9mpg over 269.8mi with 15 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 79.9mpg over 45.4mi

^Sorry to hear about that road rage Sean :(.

Unfortuantely i didn't ride the bicycle today because of snow. Wasn't such a great day for f/e either. Starting today, on Wednesdays and Fridays, my sister and i are gonna be carpooling to the gym. It was my day to drive. Average temp was 30F with very little wind.

- 41.9mpg for 23.4 miles from home to school. Heavy traffic, snow on the side roads, and a lot of standing water on this trip.
- 32.3mpg for 8.9 miles from school to the gym. Had sister in the car and hit bad stop and go traffic for about 10+min due to an accident.
- 34.7mpg for 6.2 miles from the gym back to school.
- 43.3mpg for 23.3 miles for the trip home.

The tank is down to 41.5mpg as of now.

15,44mpg this tank. Had some extra scrap metal hanging out in my car (200lbs) so, I think this tank turned out OK.

school > Work
- 18.5 / 13.7 miles (21F E3)

work > Home
- 21.1 / 13.3 miles (40F E8) :p

daily avg = 19.8 / 27.0 miles
tank is up ~19.8 with 57.7 miles and the needle pointing at the Full Line

The drivers were still pretty aggressive today but not nearly as bad as yesterday.

22F, 4mph head/crosswind from the ESE, misting with wet roads:


81.3mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is up to 76.3mpg over 292.6mi with 15 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

icky drizzly weather that feels much colder than it really is.

65.7 mpg home
67.2 mpg to work

Tank is down to 69.4 / 344 miles.

Tank sitting at 38.7 mpg -107 miles. Had a low tire and had to find a air pump that was working. traffic here getting busy now. Damn tourists go back to your snow :p

26F (20F windchill), 6mph cross/tailwind from the ESE, freezing fog and wet roads:


78.8mpg for 20.0mi (Work to doctor's office)

The tank is steady at 76.3mpg over 312.7mi with 14 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 80.1mpg over 42.8mi

27F (21F windchill), 5mph wind from the ESE, freezing fog with wet roads:


68.3mpg for 3.7mi (Doctor's office to home)

The tank is still steady at 76.3mpg over 316.5mi with 14 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 78.9mpg over 46.6mi

20.9 mpg on the way in (was at 21.0, but it went down when I backed into the space :( )
25.4 mpg on the way home. Tank average so far, 22.6 mpg. That's 36.97% better than the EPA combined.

school>work
- 18.6 / 13.6 miles (35F Light Rain/Mist wet roads)

Work>school
- 19.2 / 12.0 miles (34F Light Rain/Mist wet roads)

School>home
- 20.0 / 1.2 miles

daily avg = 19.2 / 26.8 miles
tank is down ~19.5 with 84.5 miles on the ODO (gauge is just above 7/8)

Ever since i started ridge riding about 2 months ago, i haven't had any issue with 18-wheelers, till the trip from the gym to home :(. About 1/2 thru the highway commute, i noticed a semi in the left lane a ways back. It moved to the right lane and about a minute later closed in and started tailgating. He even decided to blow his horn at me to try to make me go faster after he was tailgating for about a minute, so i thru on my flashers for a few second. I was going between 55-60mph. He kept tailgating and finally ended up passing after the traffic in the left lane cleared. I think he knew it was my birthday today.

Besides that, much better day for f/e, but did a bit of short trips today. Average temp was 30F with 11mph winds from the WNW.

- 45.7mpg for 23.4 miles from home to school :).
- 32.6mpg for 5.6 miles from school to the gym.
- 43.4mpg for 23 miles from the gym to home.
- 43.9mpg for 2.6 miles from home to the middle school to pick up friend's son to help them out.
- 36.5mpg for 1.6 miles from middle school to friend's house to babysit for a bit.
- 42.9mpg for 4.9 miles from friend's house to store.
- 36.1mpg for 6.2 miles from store to home.

The tank is currently sitting at a steady 41.5mpg. My bicycle is ready to go for the morning, so hopefully i will be using that to school instead of the car.

Happy Birthday, Dan! I hope the rest of the day was a good one for you. :)

Thanks Sean. Besides the truck, it went well.

More unplowed roads to deal with! :p

28F, 3mph cross/tailwind from the NE, snowing:


67.9mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is back down to 75.6mpg over 339.3mi with 14 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

At the beginning, I had a flatbed welding truck crawling along in front of me. I mean crawling. 10 mph uphill and down, likely in first gear, since I could hear the turbos hissing like mad. It's a perfect "swooping" p&g route, but all I could do was plod along, as the hills don't offer many passing zones. I calculate that segment cost me about 2 mpg for the trip.

~40F both ways
58.7 home in the driving rain
63.6 this morning, with mr truck

The tank is down again, to 68.6 mpg, 372 miles.

40.7 on 7.1 miles to work. temp about 62-63 at 6am.
36.x on 7.2 miles home. temp in low 70's.


traffic was lil heavy coming home cause It could have been 41-42 trip in that weather.

Nice job, Mike! :thumbs_up:

32F (24F windchill), 9mph headwind from the NE, snowing with slushy and wet roads:


74.4mpg for 23.0mi (Work to home via a detour around a wreck :rolleyes:)

The tank is steady at 75.6mpg over 362.4mi with 13 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 70.9mpg over 45.9mi

No numbers today cuz i actually bit the bullet and rode my bicycle.

Morning commute. Brr! It was so cold, that when I went to start the truck, the clutch pedal lagged behind my foot. It's always depressing to start the mornings when it's cold, especially when you get 15 mpg on your first 5 miles. I got 21.3 average.

It was MUCH better on the way home, and almost a record. I parked in a sunny spot, and I think that helped. I stopped at a store after my decent down the mountain, got 24 mpg for that 6.3 mile segment. That counted the warm-up period and a lot of ups and downs. I've notice that ups and downs can be good when you're warmed up, but they are detrimental when the engine is cold.

The remaining 21.4 miles, over the more level (well there were a lot of hills, but I wasn't mountain climbing) roads, I got a whopping 29.3 mpg! :Banane01:

Today's average: 23.7 MPG
Tank average so far is 23.2 (up from 22.6 yesterday).

Bring on the warmer days! I wonder what I could get if I could avoid traveling up the mountains in the morning.

Great work linux

school>work
- 19.3 / 13.7 miles (34F misting/snowing wet roads NW@6)

work>home
- 20.2 / 13.3 miles (34F NW@14-22)

daily avg = 19.7 over 27.0 miles
tank is ~19.6 over 111.5 miles (gauge is just above 6/8) Avg temp so far is 33.6 Brrr.

Going in to work was betetr than coming home.

42 mpg 7.1 mile there
40 mpg 6.2 home.

41.1 day tally. Tank average just broke 39 now! :)

Quick trip to pick up some coroplast and warm up the car so i could do an oil change because i was a bit over :o. Tried some P&G for the first time ever today. I'm not sure if i was doing it right, but for the first trip my EBH was only plugged in for less than an hour because i forgot to plug in earlier, so start up coolant temp was 52F. I'm happy with my results because typically i see low 45mpg when i pass the sign shop on my way to school with the start up coolant temp at lowest 75F to around 100F. Temp for the trip was 25F with very little wind.

- 46.4mpg for 12 miles from home to the sign shop.
- 41.3mpg for 11.7 miles for the trip back home.

Tank is up to 41.6mpg and next time i go out i'll need to fill up.

21F (12F windchill), 8mph headwind from the SSE, overcast with flurries:


77.3mpg for 17.2mi (Home to Church)


24F (14F windchill), 10mph tailwind from the SE, overcast and lots of red lights:


89.5mpg for 17.2mi (Church to home)

The tank is back up to 76.1mpg over 396.9mi with 12 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 82.9mpg over 34.4mi