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Welcome back and a happy Monday to you all!

I'm back in the saddle with my last commute on this tank in the Elantra.

69F, 12mph cross/headwind from the S, overcast and drizzling:


69.3mpg for 22.3mi (Home to work)

The tank is back up to 66.2mpg over 1095.1mi using 16.5g and the guess gauge still has the needle covering the lower half of the E mark.

The temps are set to drop 15F and the wind will be in my face again on the way home... most likely with moderate rain, too.

98.9mpg this morning.

Got some fuel last night.

Fuel used: 10.57 gallons (40.01L)
distance: 516.36 miles (831km)
FE: 48.854 MPG (4.81L/100km)
Price: 6.41 dollar/gallon (1.243 €/L)
Total 67.75 dollar (€49.73)

Finally back below 5L/100km. Hoping to get 50MPG with my next tank...
Extually 4.81L/100kM (48.85MPG) is the highest i've ever got.

64.0 this morning, at 69 degrees.

After some weekend family driving, the tank is at 61.8 / 313 miles and a bit below 3/4 on the gauge.

still ride sharing.

gas is 2.77 in minnesota

Gassed up the horrid Tarus. 28.5 mpg over about 400 miles. Coulda done worse I guess..

67.7 - 9.7 this morning after pressing my tires up to 68 PSI.

Out to lunch.

56.4 mpg / 3.7 mi going there
91.4 / 3.9 coming back. :D 70.2 mpg round trip.

Oh good grief, Andrew!

:woot:

Warmed it up on the way there, uphill. Downhill coming back. ;)

69.1 - 13.1 this afternoon

Well guys, I filled 'er up. I finally got low enough in the tank that I was losing fuel pressure so I filled at a handy station instead of my usual Costco fill. Not bad considering this car has mostly been driven in high winds, rain, and generally unfavorable routes in an attempt to protect the Insight distance effort.

I think I might have the distance record in an unmodified gas powered non-hybrid car now? Wayne's Accord has been up to 1105mi but the iCDTi diesel got up to 1174.6mi. I pulled into the station at 1111.9mi and stuffed a mighty 17.049g into the tank for a record busting 65.2mpg average. ;)

48F, 11mph crosswind from the W, raining:


58.3mpg for 15.8mi (Work to gas station -- couldn't accelerate properly with low fuel pressure)
63.8mpg for 6.3mi (Gas station to home)

The current tank is at 63.8mpg over 6.3mi with 15.9g left.

Day Total: 64.2mpg over 44.4mi

Well guys, I filled 'er up. I finally got low enough in the tank that I was losing fuel pressure so I filled at a handy station instead of my usual Costco fill. Not bad considering this car has mostly been driven in high winds, rain, and generally unfavorable routes in an attempt to protect the Insight distance effort.

I think I might have the distance record in an unmodified gas powered non-hybrid car now? Wayne's Accord has been up to 1105mi but the iCDTi diesel got up to 1174.6mi. I pulled into the station at 1111.9mi and stuffed a mighty 17.049g into the tank for a record busting 65.2mpg average. ;)

48F, 11mph crosswind from the W, raining:


58.3mpg for 15.8mi (Work to gas station -- couldn't accelerate properly with low fuel pressure)
63.8mpg for 6.3mi (Gas station to home)

The current tank is at 63.8mpg over 6.3mi with 15.9g left.

Day Total: 64.2mpg over 44.4mi
:eek::eek: If you keep that up you are going to create black holes and destroy space/time.:eek::D

A great day today!:) From what our weather forecast is saying, this will probably be one of my last 100+ days. ~55F this morning and up to 83F this afternoon. Winds were from the S@ 5-10 this afternoon with gusts to ~20mph. An errand for my mom pushed me over the century mark-Thanks mom! Also, from the looks of segment 4, it looks as though I met Sean and borrowed Blue Swayed.:p
1. 97.8-11.0(home to work)
2. 77.0-6.5(work to Meijer for mom's prescription)
3. 105-12.1(Meijer to mom's)
4. 158-4.6(mom's to home)
Average for today was 100.2 and the tank is at 93.8 after 464.1 miles with 7 pips on the guess-gauge.

:eek::eek: If you keep that up you are going to create black holes and destroy space/time.:eek::D


:D ;)

Nice work, Larry! Say, if you can pull stuff like that segment 4 in my Insight maybe I should let you finish my 1600mi attempt? :)

:D ;)

Nice work, Larry! Say, if you can pull stuff like that segment 4 in my Insight maybe I should let you finish my 1600mi attempt? :)
If you could think of a way to get it here without using any fuel I'd be glad to give it a go.:p But then again, maybe we should give my son(CobraPond) a crack at it since he taught me how to get the good #'s.:D

There's the rub -- no way to get the car to you!

A bit nippy this morning...

40F, 5mph crosswind from the SW, clear:


66.0mpg for 22.3mi (Home to work)

The tank is up to 65.5mpg over 28.6mi with 15.6g left.

98.4 mpg this morning

Nice and warm this morning - 73F.
67.6 mpg, after last night's 68.1 going home.
That brings the tank up to 62.3 mpg / 341 miles.

It was a weird morning. It was cooler, but for some reason I was able to hold my normal cruising speed with a lower TPS for the trip at points. 42.2 on the way in.

Out for lunch again. ;)

53.6 / 4.8 miles there
86.3 / 5.1 back. :D

The tank is up a tick to 62.4 / 352 miles, and I think the gas gauge is broken. It's at 3/4 still.

Nice job, Andrew!! :woot:

I don't know what was up with the traffic today. I ended up driving a fair bit faster than I usually do and took a detour in Anoka trying to avoid the typical FE carnage I see there.

Of course I got home and found my (purchased used a few years ago) 17" Apple Studio Display has a backlight inverter failure. The replacement is $109 :( :(

54F, 7mph tailwind from the S, overcast:


67.6mpg for 23.2mi (Work to home)

The tank is up to 66.4mpg over 51.8mi with 15.2g left.

Day Total: 66.8mpg over 45.5mi

A disappointing day for me today. The traffic was horrific this morning and I came home another way which had more lights in heavy traffic. It dropped down the tank average from 35.2 MPG to 34.2 MPG. :mad:

From home to work =31.0 mpg over 16.8 miles
From work to Kelly Services =28.3 mpg over 5.6 miles :(
From Kelly services to another one of their office= 31.0 mpg over 7.0 miles
From Kelly services to Home = 33.6 mpg over 9.2 miles

The tank sits at 34.2 MPG over 278.7 miles with about 5 gallons left. :( I hope that Thurday's commute would be better to elevate the tank average. :)

A really fantastic job Sean. As Larry, said this event of 1000+ miles of tank in a non hybrid would definately create a ripple in space-time fabric of universe and would destroy the universe and laws of Physics as we know it. :eek: ;) Once again congrats on such an amazing feat. :flag:

A really fantastic job Sean. As Larry, said this event of 1000+ miles of tank in a non hybrid would definately create a ripple in space-time fabric of universe and would destroy the universe and laws of Physics as we know it. :eek: ;) Once again congrats on such an amazing feat. :flag:
And besides that, according to the AAA, if the space/time rip didn't kill us all, the carnage on the road from all that hypermiling would.:p

Remember yesterday when I said that it was the end of my 100+mpg days? I lied.:p Not only that but I even did better today than yesterday.:flag: The temp this morning was similar to yesterday but this afternoon's temp was 15+F cooler than yesterday at 66F. Winds were from the N@ 5-10mph.
1. 100-11.0(home to work)
2. 93.2-15.8(work to Wakarusa for an emergency kitty litter run)
3. 145-4.8(Wakarusa to home)
Average for today was 101.1 and the tank is up to 94.0 after 496.1 miles with 6 pips left on the guess-gauge.

Thanks, Moneysaver! :o I think 1150mi should be possible. :)

Larry, you are really kicking it up down there! :thumbs_up:

Larry, you are really kicking it up down there! :thumbs_up:
Well, I've only got a few good weeks to create enough of a cushion to keep me at 70+ all through the winter. In fact, I'd love to hold onto a 75 lmpg through the winter if possible.:smile:

Had a nice experience this morning.
When I drove onto the highway for my 23 miles highway bit of my commute, I was behind a truck. Trucks in Belgium do (by law) 56mph while speed limit is 74.5 mph, so I backed of (so I didn't draft, 3 or 4 seconds) and stayed behind him. It's more exaptable to do 56mph behind a truck in Belgium. Other people just assume you don't have the guts to pas him. I noticed the truck wasn't even doing 56mph, but more or less 53mph.

Everything went fine, until I noticed there was a car following me (3 seconds) not passing either. If the truck slowed uphill, he and me slowed too, downhill we all speeded up again. A hypermiler?

Next came another truck (from behind) It did drive 56mph or even a little bit faster, and got stuck behind the car behind me. On a long flat strech he started to pass the car behind me, So I eased up from the pedal and slowed a little. When he was passed me I used my high beams to let the trucker know he was passed me and could come to the right again. He did, and thanked me with his emergency flashers.
He never passed the truck that was in front of us, since there was a new uphill section coming.

The guy behind me stayed there the whole time. Didn't get a close look, because he left the exit before me.
To top everything of, the stop and go traffic to the capital started right were my exit was.

It was the first time I got passed by a truck, now I feel like a real Hypermiler.

I need a SG. Finally located my OBD port (under the handbrake, behind a very difficult to remove cover) Any of you knew where I can get one in Belgium/Europe?

98.4 last night - 101.2mpg this morning.

66.0 / 13 miles home last night, with a stop for a dinner event.
70.8 / 8.7 this morning.

Tank goes up to 62.7 / 375 miles now.

I'm working from home so no numbers... yet? Today might be the day!

ooooh! Good luck, Sean, and all the best to your wife.

Sean, outstanding work in the Elantra! And for today...good possibility since the moon is full. I trust everything will go well for you, your wife, and the new little girl.

Well, after almost 3 months of work on a nearly $15,000,000.00 project, we were given the verbal 'its yours' yesterday afternoon. Ah that felt good! Just a mere 2 hours later, we got notice that the entire project is now CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE :eek::angry:

As a company we had about 8 months into this, along with the architect, a dozen or more engineering firms, the general contractor, the developer... all #$%&@! wasted time and money... this job not going ahead unfortunately has the chance of making things very difficult in the next few months... not much work out there, and we needed this one. :sad:

oh yeah tank is at an only ok 34.4 for 178 miles...

41.8 MPG with two passengers Monday morning (56ºF)
43.6 MPG with one passenger Tuesday morning (58ºF)
45.5 MPG with one passenger this morning (64ºF)

I looked at my trip logs yesterday. My afternoon commute includes picking up my son from the baby sitter, it looks like I'd average about 12k miles per year. In the past month I've only driven 700 miles thanks to carpooling (300 miles/month saved)! I'm going to call my insurance agent and let him know that I now drive less than 7.5k miles/year (which is their rate cut-off point).

EDIT: Posted edited to reflect better scrutinized data.

27.4 into work with horrific traffic...I need a new route. Speaking of which, I will find one right now.

Thanks, guys! I just got back from the appointment and the doctor says it will probably be another few days -- my wife is not pleased. :eek:

I do believe you on that one! My wife is ready to be done already, and the due date is still several weeks away.

Sean, your wife doesn't know it, but she's racing a friend down here. She's planning on acupuncture induction today - hoping for birth tomorrow.

Good luck to the both/three of you. Waiting is the hardest part. Think of it this way - the longer your daughter is "cooking" the more perfect she'll be.

Andrew, we may yet have the two kids sharing a birthday!

Michael, I'll keep that in mind. :)

Ken, sorry to hear about the canceled project.:(

Sean, sounds like it's a good thing you gassed up the Elantra recently. Sounds like it will come in handy soon.;) My prayers are with you; all three of you.

Boy talk about going from one extreme to the other. Yesterday I had 101+ and today I was barely able to squeak out 80+.:(:mad: I had moderate rain, no ridges to ride in spots, and idiots that completely forgot how to pass when there is no oncoming traffic with a dotted yellow line.:mad::angry: Oh well, to paraphrase a famous Cubs fan phrase, "It'll be better tomorrow.":D
1. 95.8-11.0(home to work)
2. 79.2-11.0(work to home)
Average for today was 86.7 and the tank has tanked down to 93.4(it was at 94.0 yesterday:() after 518.9 miles with 6 pips on the guess-gauge.

68.4 - 13.1 coming home

Could have been 70 if not for the traffic light dead-stop up the hill.

Since my car is 2 years too old for a scanguage, I have no idea what my mileage is for anything but the entire tank. But my tank holds about 10.5 gallons and I'm at about 105 miles at 3/4 tank.

Getting closer to the ever elusive 40mpg tank.

Thanks, Larry -- we need all the prayers we can get!

It was a bit cooler this morning...

32F, no wind, clear:


68.1mpg for 22.4mi (Home to work)

The tank is up to 66.9mpg over 74.3mi with 14.9g left.

42.8 going home yesterday, slightly adjusted my route, didnt gain much really. 27.5 into work this morning, raining doesnt help much here.

:eek: THAT was some kind of rain storm! Wipers on high, RR is no use when the ridges are 2 inches under water. One spot was about 5 inches deep. I had to give it gas to make it out the other side - the water nearly stopped me. (no hint of hydroplaning, thanks to the 65 psi tires ;))
49.0 mpg. :(

This morning was better - 65.1 mpg.

44.1 MPG with one passenger this morning.

Still not getting what I wanted.:mad:

32.6 mpg over 17 miles from home to work. :(
34.2 mpg over 16.8 miles from work to home.

The tank sits at 33.6 MPG over 339.5 miles with about 4 gallons left in the tank. :o I will wait to hit 400 miles before filling up which should be about tomorrow evening or Saturday evening depending on if dad wants to take his accord to work or not.

Well, that worked out rather nicely! I tried a roundabout way of circumventing most of the Anoka downtown traffic and it seems to be a route with promise! It is 0.8mi longer but once I've got it down I think it will significantly reduce that hit I always experience at the end of my afternoon commute. Even today on my first time through it brought my "toll" down to a 1.5mpg hit from what has regularly been a 3-4.5mpg "tax." ;)

53F, 3mph cross/headwind from the WNW, sunny:


68.9mpg for 22.7mi (Work to home with a variation on the last 2.5mi)

The tank is up to 67.4mpg over 97.0mi with 14.6g left.

Day Total: 68.5mpg over 45.1mi

A pretty good day considering what I had to work with. I had pretty much the same temps both ways of the commute today in the low to mid 50'sF. The afternoon segment was with 45-90* headwinds of ~10mph with gusts to ~20mph.
1. 93.4-11.0(home to work)
2. 93.6-10.9(work to home)
Average for today was 93.5 and the tank is down a couple more ticks to 93.2 after 540.5 miles with 6 pips left on the guess-gauge.

Sean, are you to the hourly countdown yet?;) I would suggest taking your wife for a ride on a hay wagon but I suppose with the tire pressures you are at it would be a redundant suggestion.:D

Nice work, Larry! :thumbs_up:

I already suggested a ride in the Insight but she wasn't having any of it.

I've been told the car rides like it has wagon wheels. :D

Boy she has sweet glides, though!!! :eek:

Warmer this morning and I was so close to 70mpg but the traffic just would not cooperate. It is Friday, after all. :rolleyes:

40F, no wind, overcast:


69.7mpg for 22.4mi (Home to work)

The tank is up to 67.8mpg over 119.4mi with 14.2g left.

Did not drive yesterday.

97.5mpg this morning at 60F.

42.1 home from work yesterday, 27.3 into work this morning...I need to try something else. I'll have to check my tire pressure, I'll go get em up to a cold 60 psi

42.3 MPG with one passenger. Rainy and 56ºF. And heavy traffic. {shrugs}

57.2 home last night. Not sure what the deal is. Should be much better than that.

59 / 14.2 there, 56.2 / 14.3 back from bible study. Not my best, but much better than the Ody: about a gallon saved in that one trip.

69.0 this morning, at 67 degrees.

Tank sits at 62.1 / 445 miles and down to 1/2 on the gauge.

58.5- 9.8 this morning. Nothing went right. Hit every red light, and then fought a 20mph crosswind on the freeway the entire way.

Typical Friday traffic today. :p It is hard to get where you want to be with so many cutting you off, tailgating, running 15mph over the speed limits, etc!!!

52F, 3mph crosswind from the W, overcast:


67.2mpg for 22.5mi (Work to home)

This brings the tank down a touch to 67.7mpg over 142.9mi with 13.9g left.

Day Total: 68.4mpg over 44.9mi

A decent day today on the FE front. I had 48F this morning on the way to work and 55F coming home. Winds were fairly light from the E this morning but switched to the N for the trip home.
1. 93.7-11.0(home to work-talk about consistency, this was nearly the same as yesterday)
2. 89.9-11.0(work to home)
Average for today was 91.8 and the tank is at 93.1 after 562.7 miles with 5 pips left on the guess-gauge.

Tried the new route today...I guess there just isnt anyway around this commute. Traffic is backed up completely. It is a bit better than the regular commute however. I'll do it a bit more.

27.8 into work 10.2mi
32.5 to my parents 8.2mi
44.0 parents to home 15.4mi

had the day off, but went to a place just outside the mpls area to exchange a riding helmet. i had to take I94, and was very fortunate to find a semi doing about 60. i hung about 5-6 seconds behind him. i only had one problem tailgater, a semi who ran right up my bumper and stayed there for a bit, since the so called passing lane was bumper to bumper and no way to get over. i tapped brakes twice and he finally backed off, but had to honk at me when he finally got to pass. jerk. at my exit, maybe 5 miles down the road, i ended up 2 cars behind him.

for the 52.7 miles down there i got 65.4MPG. finished the trip home at 63.2MPG.

i did 60 both directions. the limit is 70, and i sure saw a lot of idiots. i don't understand how people have the courage to move into the left lane, which is doing at least 70 if not more, and force themselves between two other cars who were already too close together. WTF is with that?

i saw gas at 2.59.

94mpg before errands knocked it to 86

A bit better day than yesterday I suppose.
33.3 MPG over 17 miles from home towork
33.6 MPG over 17 miles from work to home.

The tank sits still sits at 33.6 MPG over 359 miles with about 3 gallons left. I am hoping to fill up the tank either tomorrow evening or Sunday afternoon. I really hope to hit 33+ in this tank.

After reporting in the 3 Month Challenge thread about my latest tank, I almost forgot about today's numbers.:o The temperature reached a high of 62F today and winds were from the E and have ended from the N at the moment. Wind speeds were 5-10mph with gusts to ~15mph.
1. 85.6-5.1(home to my mom's to check on her programmable thermostat batteries-she had installed them wrong)
2. 105-12.1(mom's to Meijer)
3. 95.4-12.1(Meijer to mom's-it turned out that mom's pilot light had went out and she didn't have anything there to reach far enough to relight it:()
4. 141-4.6(mom's to home)
5. 106-4.6(home back to mom's with a propane torch, relight was successful:))
6. 105-9.1(mom's to gas station)
7. 123-13.7(station to home)
Average for today was 106.5 and the tank is at 123 after 13.7 miles.

I drove around today with the rearview mirror pointing at the ceiling.:p That and decreased Saturday traffic helped today's numbers.

Filled up the tank today. It came to be 32.33 MPG over 419.8 miles. This was my first 400 miles tank.:woot: I only tried this time becuase I only have 14 gallons of tank and I would chicken out every time once the needle would show about fourth tank full. :o This time it was between last tick mark and empty line. I managed to stuff up about 13 gallons.

I drove the past 12 miles with low fuel warning light on. My mom was saying that we are definately going to end up on the shoulder with flasher on calling for my dad with the gallon of gas.:eek: Thank God that did not happen.:D

Awesome moneysaver! you are really getting those numbers up! keep it up!

I dont really remember my numbers from yesterday..

42.9mpg 15.1mi
I did notice that my intake air temp is a LOT lower than normal. That would explain my low numbers...I'll have to warm it up somehow...I guess that's why winter gives such a hit!

A decent day today despite the short trips and cold temps. It was 39F this morning when I left and it's 48F now. Winds are from the S@ 5-10mph.
1. 84.2-5.3(home to Church)
2. 53.6-.3(Church to Dollar General store)
3. 130-4.8(DG to home)
Average for today was 98.6.

61.3 - 44.5 (home to Oxford)
63.1 - 46.0 (Oxford to a McDeath)
63.5 - 10.5 (McDeath to Clifton)
26.8 - 0.9 (to another McDeath)
44.5 - 4.4 (McDeath to a friend's place, all in the city jam)
58.3 - 9.5 (coming home)