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Happy Monday, all!

It really is too bad I had a headwind... It's not too often I get to drive to work in weather like this!! Over 70F and 92% humidity?? Wow!

73F, 9mph cross/headwind from the S, mostly clear:


115.8mpg for 22.5mi (Home to work)

The tank is down a little to 116.7mpg over 168.8mi

I started the day with 70F and the wind was S@ 5 mph. The daily average is at 107.3 after 20.4 miles.

That's more like it, Larry! :woot:

well tank is over 300 mile now. needle touching the bottom of the 1/2 mark. sg says about 280 to E.

Nice start Larry!

Sean, Are you trying to win the challenge? :p:)

weather.com says your warmer than me by 1 degree right now! :D

I modified the technique a smidge. I kind of stumbled on it after coming home from getting gas in the Prius yesterday; I ended up with 122 mpg for the trip back. I decided that I would try some similar speed ranges with the Insight and it seems to be working. I figured if those ranges worked with a bigger car that had a bigger engine that it couldn't hurt to try. I have some decent numbers from yesterday that I'll post in a bit that show some of those techniques are working. I had a trip that had essentially the same route as the trip home from getting gas in the Prius plus, I had Melody in the Insight where she wasn't with me in the Prius; I ended up with a 126.9 over 8.6 miles.

Nice work!! :thumbs_up:

Mike, I don't believe I can catch Andrew but that won't stop me from pushing as high as I can get. ;)

59F Overcast, drizzling, wet road
Wind ENE 6 MPH crosswind/headwind
31.67 mpg
26.97 miles
42 mph average

TANK
30.93 MPG
102.53 miles
41.39 mph average
3.32 gallons (17.94%) used.

77.8 this morning, 75 degrees and a headwind, running late so I had to hurry.

The tank is at 77.8 / 222 miles and still above F. I was down to F at 290 last tank.

Sean, it looks like you're above my %epa for our tanks-in-progress.

Sean, it looks like you're above my %epa for our tanks-in-progress.

Maybe so, but it won't be enough to drag my 3mo average up over yours. :)

It was 85F today and the wind was E@ 5-10 mph with gusts to 20 mph.
107.1 21.0-to wife's work and back
107.1 11.4-to wife's work
106.3 11.4-back home
Average for today was 106.9 mpg

Looks like you are getting the hang of that new car, Larry. :)

I guess I was wrong about not being able to top 130mpg on the new route. ;) It is definitely more difficult with all the extra stops (avoiding the much faster traffic on the main thoroughfare), but I hit 128.5mpg at just 3.7mi.

My wife's first question was whether I got a million honks... nope. Just one. And that one made no sense? I have to pull back out onto the main drag for about 70' in one spot to get to the next string of neighborhood streets. Where I pull out there three streets... and I'm coming out of the center one. A woman in a white van pulled into the turn lane with her blinker... passed the first turn, passed the one I just came out of... then honked at me before turning at the 3rd?? :confused:

Whatever. It takes all kinds, I guess. :rolleyes:

92F (96F heat index), 20-29mph tail/crosswind from the SSE, sunny:


131.3mpg for 22.9mi (Work to home)

The tank is now back up to 118.4mpg over 191.7mi and I still have all 20 bars on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 123.1mpg over 45.4mi

Looks like you are getting the hang of that new car, Larry. :)

I guess I was wrong about not being able to top 130mpg on the new route. ;) It is definitely more difficult with all the extra stops (avoiding the much faster traffic on the main thoroughfare), but I hit 128.5mpg at just 3.7mi.

My wife's first question was whether I got a million honks... nope. Just one. And that one made no sense? I have to pull back out onto the main drag for about 70' in one spot to get to the next string of neighborhood streets. Where I pull out there three streets... and I'm coming out of the center one. A woman in a white van pulled into the turn lane with her blinker... passed the first turn, passed the one I just came out of... then honked at me before turning at the 3rd?? :confused:

Whatever. It takes all kinds, I guess. :rolleyes:

92F (96F heat index), 20-29mph tail/crosswind from the SSE, sunny:


131.3mpg for 22.9mi (Work to home)

The tank is now back up to 118.4mpg over 191.7mi and I still have all 20 bars on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 123.1mpg over 45.4mi

Awesome numbers Sean! It looks like I need to figure out the right combination of steady-state and P & G.:confused:

Just found out a little bit ago that my block heater gets installed Thursday morning at 8:00am.:woot:

home>school>work
- 22.7 / 13.4 miles (71F SE@7)

work>home
- 25.4 / 13.2 miles (85F S@9)

daily avg = 24.0 / 26.6 miles
tank is still above F with 30.6 miles (~25.4 MPG ETE 534 miles)

No numbers yet today -- working from home because I have a dental appointment not far from the house to run to a bit later.

I had 65F and the wind is ESE@ 5 mph with gusts to 15 mph. The average is at 104.2 mpg.
100.1 9.2
107.8 11.3

Home to work
66 F Overcast 3 mph ENE (crosswind/headwind)
31.03 mpg
27.04 miles

MPGuino reset by friend.

:D

83.2 last night (100+ degrees FIA and FWT)
86.3 this morning

The tank is up to 78.4 / 253 miles and nearing the F mark.

Lunch traffic around my house is just brutal. I started out at 133.0mpg at the 0.9mi mark but couldn't hold that level. :p

83F, 8mph cross/headwind from the SSW, sunny:


102.6mpg for 11.3mi (Home to Dentist)

The tank is back down to 117.2mpg over 203.1mi

WooHoo! I actually have a segment that beats Sean's!

Dr appointment over lunch. ~90 degrees ambient.
83.9 mpg / 4.3 miles there.
106 mpg / 4.4 miles back. :D

Nice work, Andrew!! :woot::flag:

I still had that bad traffic on the way back plus a nice headwind... and road construction. :p

86F, 7mph headwind from the WSW, sunny:


113.2mpg for 12.1mi (Dentist to home)

The tank is down to 117.0mpg over 215.3mi

Day Total: 107.8mpg over 23.5mi

boring day here. had a benfits meeting at work and that kept me an hour over which is good cause i missed the big rush leaving :p


todays numbers

44.4- 7.4 mile to work.

43.4- 6.4 miles home.


morning been a lil cool here around 72


tank sitting at 321 miles now

Not too bad for today. We had a high temperature of 85F and the wind was SE@ 5 mph with gusts to 20 mph
100.1 9.2-to wife's work
107.8 11.3-back home
111.3 11.5-to wife's work
100.3 11.6-back home
Average for today was 104.9 mpg

I also had a trip in the Prius. My daughter's boyfriend went with us to her voice lesson so the Insight just wouldn't work.:p
107 9.8-to voice lesson
95.5 9.7-back home
Average for today was 101.0

I consider this a good day being able to top 100 mpg on two separate vehicles.:flag:

not to many people can say that Larry :D

home>school>work
- 23.1 / 13.4 miles (68F Calm)

work>home (waiting 30 minutes for the down pour to ease up)
- 23.2 / 13.2 miles (79F E14 with inches of standing water halfway home after heavy rains):(

daily avg = 23.1 / 26.6 miles

tank is at 57.2 and the needle is covering the Full line
~24.6 (closer to 23.7 I think) and ETE is 522 miles

You know your a hypermilier when you can say this! :p:p

I consider this a good day being able to top 100 mpg on two separate vehicles.:flag:

That's pretty cool, Larry! :D

I've got workmen coming over to my house today to finish work they started yesterday so no numbers from me.

Thanks Sean. I have a cahnce to pull off another multi-vehicle 100+ mpg day tomorrow as I am going to my daughter's voice recital tomorrow evening.

I'm off to a pretty good start so far. The temperature is 68F and the wind is S@ <5 mph. The average is at 109.1 mpg.
101.5 9.5
116.3 11.6

Home to Work
68F Clear 4MPH NNE (headwind/crosswind)
31.49 MPG
26.90 miles

Tank
30.83 MPG
158.76 miles

80.7 home last night, HOT.
83.8 mpg this morning.

Tank is at 79.0 / 283 miles. Almost down to F.

After not driving for well over a week, i took the car out today. 88F and sunny with winds from the NNE @ 7mph

- 50.4mpg for 22.6 miles from home to the gym
- 48.2mpg for 16.1 miles from the gym to the gas station (not for my car, but gas for my lawn mower)
- 41.3mpg for 7.0 miles from gas station to home

Day total: 47.9mpg

The tank is up to 45.0mpg over 214 miles with 8.3 gallons remaining.

I-90 to college through heavy traffic there and part way back.

95F on inbound, 75-80F outbound. Touched 70mph briefly while getting feel for speed.

Bandit gave 58.5 mi for 1.0 Gal, not bad. Will get better.

Will ride again tomorrow after storms stop.

Needs new sprocket- something with 3 or 4 overdrives ;)

Well, the numbers are slowly creeping up. I saw a high of 87F and the wind was NW@ 5 mph with gusts to 15 mph.
101.5 9.5-to wife's work
116.3 11.6-back home
120.0 11.4-to wife's work
105.9 11.3-back home
Average for today was 110.9 mpg. I am getting my block heater installed tomorrow and will be filling up since I'll only be a few miles away from my usual station and, I'm at 4 bars left on the guess-gauge.

I knew you'd get there, Larry. :D

nothuing unusual to report. got to go in an hour earlier and that helped me find a parking spot upstairs in garage. I found a nice raised spot and got a nice roll to the ramp and coasted down.

43.8- 7.4 to work.

47.1- 6.4 miles home. tank sitting at 336 miles an needle is closer to half than 1/4. Sg says 245 mile to E.

home>school>work
- 23.5 / 13.4 miles (63 Calm winds)

work>home
- 24.4 / 13.2 miles (86F NW@6)

daily avg = 23.9 / 26.6 miles

tank is at 83.8 miles with the needle just under the Full line
Up to ~23.8 MPG with 523 ETE

first time in ages i actually did a road trip. 150 miles round trip on the interstate.....

held 63.2 for the trip, driving 60 in a 65-70 zone. i saw a lot of crazy tailgaters, including a motorcycle that appeared to be right behind a semi. how crazy is that?

Way to go, Laurie!! :woot:

Man... it just wasn't my morning. I was up to 114mpg at the 5mi marker but ran into a series of lights that had me down to 103.4mpg at 8.8mi. :( The lights didn't get any better the rest of the way in but I did alright. I was hoping for my first 120+mpg morning commute of the year! :p

53F, 2mph head/crosswind from the NE, clear:


113.5mpg for 22.6mi (Home to work)

The tank is back down to 116.7mpg over 237.9mi

Home to Work

75F Calm Clear
32.83 mpg
26.88 miles
:Banane43:

TANK
30.95 mpg
227.74 miles

It was a hard work, had to pull over to shoulder with hazard lights on to let a flock of gas galloper drivers by thrice. Accelerating is a BIG problem, trying to save mpg earned from NICE-on coasting. AT - grrr....

Keep up the good work, Scott! :thumbs_up:

79 home last night. I lost that 1 mpg on a mistimed uphill red light.
83 this morning. 70 degrees and foggy, no wind. Perfect!

The tank is up to 79.2 / 309 miles. I'm calling the F mark at 300 miles, 10 better than the last tank. ;)

By the time I got going today, it was 70F and the wind is NW@ 5-10 mph. I didn't get the block heater installed today due to a scheduling conflict but will get it done tomorrow afternoon. I am at 102.4 mpg for the day and may likely be done driving the Insight for the day. I will finish the day in the Prius as the family is going to my daughter's voice recital this evening.
92.1 6.9-to shop
115.6 6.8-back home

Larry, nice mileage! It is nice to have 2 gas saver cars. Owning Honda Insight and Toyota Prius has been my plan for long time.

i was off work today and got my yardwork done and decided to treat myself to a five guys burger :D

stopped at grocery store beforehand for some thing then hit the five guys and got my fav parking spot :)


43.1- 5.1 miles to grocery store. had a nice roll going but had to stop to make the left hand turn, oh well!

46.5- .8 Miles to burger place. had some guy behind me change lanes then try to cut me off as i was slow rolling up to the turn lane and I did have my signal on. he was so intent on "getting" even that he almost missed his turnoff!!

Got a nice roll and when i got on the main road The light was red , but it changed to green in time and i kept my pace up. made the next two light and when i turned on my street was looking good:D:D

51.2- 3.2 mile home

This is is getting to be a habit! I wonder if somehow the burger has something in it that bring out the best in me?? lol

Mike,

You probably should buy a fold up bicycle and put it in your trunk, that way you can leave it parked at the grocery store, take the bicycle out and ride it to five guys burger, eat your favorite burger there then return back to grocery store and start shopping there. =)

I might buy one for myself :)
http://inhabitat.com/files/bromptonfoldingbike.jpg

So, I get going like normal today and go to the school to drop off the son. Engine off to let him out of the other side. Get back in and BANG when I key on:eek:. It sounded like a backfire, so I try and key on again, only a slight click and SG and warning light all doing weird things:eyebrow:. Smoke from under the hood now:confused:.

Hop out to open the hood. The top half of the battery has exploded off the top and is now lying on the other half of the battery:eek:. Was not expecting that. Hydrogen gas must have built up in the battery cells and was ignited when I keyed on. Acid is now dripping down the engine bay and on the parking lot. I tell the principle that the truck will be sitting there for a few minutes while I get a new battery.

There is an auto parts store about 4 blocks away. I get there and they hook me up with a new battery and even give me a lift to install the battery, with tools (go o’reilly!):woot:

I get the battery in and key on and it only clicks (SG is still plugged in):confused:. I try again still clicking. I unplug the SG and it starts. I plugged the SG back in and go home to clean up and wash off the Acid. Over 24 MPG on the way home:confused:. Clean up and change as it is already hot and steamy and has made me sweat in my work cloths. I have called work and told them I would be late (about 1.5 hours). I coast backwards out of the drive way and SG is still plugged in and it doesn’t want to start again, I try again and finally it starts:confused:. I get ~35 MPG (I hope this is a good sign) on the way to work, thinking that this battery is great:p, but get to work and check the settings:mad:. The SG must have been set back to default with the low voltage. I have update the settings back to what they should be and may have to fill up again to get the offset fuel settings back to what they should be.

Why would the vehicle have trouble starting with the SG Plugged in, it didn’t before?

Not a typical day for me so far.:o

I have no answers, but only an :eek:. An exploding battery is not cool!

here are the picutes. I didn't get one of the side of the battery as it was put in the back of the o'rielly's truck while I put in the new one. I didn't buy this other battery at wal-mart or o'rielly. It was from Checkers up north.

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/500/medium/0_0.jpg
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/500/1_0.jpg

Wow. That's scary! :eek:

I had another so-so trip home today. Disappointing after the great circumstances I had Monday afternoon. :p

78F, 8mph cross/tailwind from the ENE, sunny:


123.6mpg for 22.9mi (Work to home)

The tank is back up to 117.2mpg over 260.8mi and I still have all 20 bars on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 118.4mpg over 45.5mi

Part of the problem is that for the 3rd summer in a row they've ripped up the same stretch of road for resurfacing. What the heck? Is this how my tax dollars get spent??? :angry:

After work I monitored the Volts for a little while before starting off. I tried a key on but it just clicked :confused: wow a new battery and it just clicks.

Ok, I will bump start it, right. I roll away to the exit and try a bump before I get there. It will not keep running:mad:, again same, again (now I am on the road out side of work) still nothing and no speed now. Roll back words and block one of the exits to work. But it after 5:15 so most people have left. I go back to check if the security personel will jump start me. I run into a co-worker and he gives me a jump. It starts after a little kajoeling, but I have to keep my foot on the gas for it to run. After a bout a minute it runs on it own. No FASing on the way home. I go straight to auto store from this morning for them to check the battery.
21.8 there:( with all the idling and letting it run.

I have sinned, I have idled my vehicle longer than it has idled at anytime in the past 1.5 years since joining this forum :(

auto man brings out his tool and check s the battery and say it is fully charged. (Again with the engine idling) we test the alternater and it is putting out 45Amps (ok). He is not sure, but says to check the starter wires and bring in starter if I wan to test it.

I get home with MPG of 12.7:mad: over 1.1 miles

Looked at the start wires and they looked good, they weren't loose or anything. Took the Battery out and cleanned well alround the battery to get any remain acid off the metal. I cleaned the terminals and the wire stays (they really needed it). I looked at the terminals and there was some scorching, so I am hoping it was just a bad connection to the battery. I put on some patrolium jelly on the terminals and stays to try and limit the amount of corrosion. tighten everything down and it started right up and kept running:rolleyes: Three times in a row. I hope it will in the morning.:(

Good luck, Jason!! I hope you've found the issue.

Man! I thought yesterday morning was challenging! :p

53F, no wind, clear:


112.0mpg for 22.5mi (Home to work)

The tank is back down to 116.7mpg over 283.4mi

The holiday traffic on the way home is not going to be pretty.

No numbers yet today. Getting the block heater installed at 1:00 pm. Note to Insight owners with CalPod switches: Turn them off before allowing service techs to drive the vehicle into the building since the engine can be started with the car in gear and clutch not depressed.

I think you'll be happy with that block heater, Larry. :)

I think you'll be happy with that block heater, Larry. :)

I'm pretty sure I will be. I'm going to have to get a cord for if I want to park in front of the house on the street. I would need well over 100' to string it from my garage off the ally.:p

Home to Work
60F Clear 6 mph E (crosswind/tailwind)
32.89 mpg
26.83 miles

Current Tank
31.48 mpg
408.72 miles

105.2 mpg over 6.2 miles to EBH install.

That should really help your short trips from the house, Larry. :thumbs_up:

Well, the traffic was only bad in isolated areas but that could have been largely because I left early. :o

82F, 12mph tailwind from the SE, sunny:


128.5mpg for 22.8mi (Work to home)

The tank is up to 117.7mpg over 306.3mi with all 20 bars still showing on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 119.8mpg over 45.4mi (It only would have taken another 0.5mpg on the trip home to hit 120mpg for the day :rolleyes:)

As an aside, I'll be topping 100K miles on this tank... the odometer currently reads 99600! :eek:

slowly moving towards 500 mile. tank sitting at 358 mile now and about 7/16 on the fuel guage. :D


todays numbers

44.1- 7.4 mile to work.


47.0- 6.4 miles home.

tank is up a tick to 44.7 now. :) I'll make it though the whole month of may without refueling :p

Not too bad of a day. We reached a high of 81F and the wind is NW@ 5-10 mph with gusts to 20 mph.
105.2 6.2-to shop for EBH install
100.0 4.6-shop to gas station
118.2 8.1-back home
Average for today was 109.0. EBH is now installed and coolant flushed so I should be good for some good numbers once I get clear over the learning curve.

well the cleaning of the battery wire stays seems to have worked as I had no issue today with the Battery :p

home>school (last day)>work
- 22.3 / 13.4 miles (66F Calm)

work>home
- 24.3 / 13.1 miles (87F N3)

daily avg = 23.3 / 26.5 miles

tank is just above 6/8 with 140.9 miles (~23.3)
ETE = 512 miles

A pretty good day today. It is 80F and the wind is SE@ <5 mph. The EBH worked wonders today. The coolant temp was 170F when I started out today.
117.8 12.0-home to Goodwill sale
102.2 13.5-back to my bank
137.4 12.1-bank back to Goodwill to pick up my wife
96.3 11.9-back home
Average for today was 111.1 mpg. I think I'm starting to get the hang of this car but see I still have a ways to go.

Keep up the good work Sheriff! :p

I Took a diff route home today. instead of my shopping center loop i took the road around the center and got lucky and made both lights! it helped me out cause other wise this was looking to be a not soo good trip home.


45.4- 7.4 mile to work.

44.3- 6.9 miles home.

my diff route helped this time.

tank sitting at 373 miles and about half way between 1/4 and 1/2

127 to go to 500! :)

Nice going, Larry! :D:thumbs_up:

unevenfull drive in and coming home was ok untill my last light. i was rolling up and guy in right lane curt me off just be be in left lane.


46.1- 7.4 mile to work

45.6- 6.4 miles home.