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Another week, another grind!

59F, 6mph headwind from the SSE, clear:


103.1mpg for 22.7mi (Home to work)

The tank is steady at 106.6mpg over 911.7mi with 4 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

While we finally had a decent temperature to start out with, I had wet roads and some occasional light rain. The temperature was 68°F and the wind was S@ 10 mph. The daily average is at 86.4 mpg.
78.4 5.8
94.5 6.9

Finally the rain is gone! 77.9 mpg this morning.

That drags my tank back up 2/10 to 70.5 / 285 miles.

The road crews on my route are starting to get on my nerves. :P

75F, 10mph tail/crosswind from the S, partly sunny:


117.0mpg for 22.7mi (Work to home)

The tank is back up to 106.9mpg over 934.4mi with 3 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 109.5mpg over 45.5mi

WOW! That last segment was totally awesome! Due to circumstances all coming together just perfectly, I ended up with an extremely high 6-bar SoC when I finished segment 5. I used a very light foot and the BTA X-Gauge to travel ~3 city blocks with no fuel before I got out of town and had to fire up the ICE. This is very encouraging as segment 5 may end up being 1/2 of the trip to my wife's work; this is from our potential new house.:) This, along with some things that are in the works s far as the negotiations go, may only be a small fraction of what I can expect in the future. Let's just say that I by the end of this year, the value of 8KWhr could have some significance.;)
78.4 5.8-home to wife's work
94.5 6.9-back home
95.5 6.4-to wife's work
106 7.0-back home
83.0 4.9-to meet realtor
208 4.9-back home
Average for today was 99.0 mpg. I should note that segment 6 was with all four of our family in the car.

HOLY COW LARRY 208 MPG GREAT GOING!!!!

2 school/work >
- 13.8 / 1.3 miles (66F S@12)
- 25.2 / 12.1 miles

Back home >
- 23.4 / 13.1 (72F Calm with Heavy Rains and wet roads)

daily avg - 23.8 over 26.6 miles (I am trying to throw in a few more FAS' here and there but that rain is not helping)

tank is at 7/16 with 274.2 miles (SG reports 238 miles to empty this could put my fill up on the last day of the month;))

A fairly nice day so far. The temperature is 66°F and the wind is S@ 5mph. Average for today is 92.9 mpg.
87.5 6.3
98.4 6.9

59F, 1mph tail/crosswind from the W, overcast:


101.7mpg for 22.7mi (Home to work)

The tank is back down to 106.6mpg over 957.2mi with 3 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Finally beat my temperature, Larry! ;)

59F, 1mph tail/crosswind from the W, overcast:


101.7mpg for 22.7mi (Home to work)

The tank is back down to 106.6mpg over 957.2mi with 3 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Finally beat my temperature, Larry! ;)
Yeah, and I only had to wait until fall to do it. Although, with winter coming up, I kind of hope that trend continues.:p

72.4 home last night.
79.6 this morning.

Compare those good weather results to my tank average, 71.0. That's how rainy weather affects mpg. :(

It is really hard to come back from a 1/4mi stretch of dirt road. :( Oh yes they did. Nothing but dirt now. :ccry:

69F, 2mph headwind from the N, overcast:


113.9mpg for 22.8mi (Work to home)

The tank is back up to 106.9mpg over 980.0mi with 2 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 107.3mpg over 45.5mi

I still have to head over to the doctor today but I'll take the Elantra for that.

Not to bad so far. The daily is at 97.8 mpg and I have ~10 more miles on my prime FE route. 100 is in sight.:)
87.5 6.3
98.4 6.9
92.3 5.9
100 7.0
114 4.9
102 4.8

Sean, still very good at 113.

2 school/work>
- 13.0 / 1.3 miles (58F N@6 with wet roads still)
- 22.8 / 12.1 miles (same as above)

home >
- 24.7 / 13.1 miles (63 N@6)

I might have to start plugging the block warmer back in ;)
daily avg - 23.3 over 26.5 miles
Tank is at 3/8 with 301 miles on it (212 miles left on the tank)

Thanks, Jason! You're doing very well with that monster truck, too. :thumbs_up:

I keep wondering when the doctor is just going to tell me I'm "broken for life." :o

70F, 0-2mph variable wind, partly sunny:


45.6mpg for 3.6mi (Home to doctor's office)
58.1mpg for 3.6mi (Doctor's office to home)

The tank is down to 63.2mpg over 422.0mi with 9.3g left and the fuel gauge indicates 2 needle widths under 3/4.

Day Total: 51.0mpg over 7.3mi

The road is still nothing but dirt. :rolleyes:

62F, no wind, clear:


105.2mpg for 22.7mi (Home to work)

The tank is back down to 106.9mpg over 1002.8mi with 2 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

A fairly significant rainstorm pretty well crushed the 100+ possibility for yesterday.:( My car and rain and FE just don't play nice together.
87.5 6.3-to wife's work
98.4 6.9-back home
92.3 5.9-to wife's work
100 7.0-back home
114 4.9-to daughter's voice lesson
102 4.8-back home
67.6 5.0-meet with realtor to sign papers for our offer
108 5.0-back home

Very low initial SoC due to last evening's trip in the rain storm didn't allow very good results this morning. Temperature was 64°F and wind was SW@ 5-10 mph. Average for today is at 89.0 mpg.
75.4 5.9
105 7.0

70.4 home last night.
77.7 this morning.
Tank steady after losing 0.2 last night in the driveway and gaining it back this morning. Explanation follows:

I've been suspicious of my low coolant temperatures - Full grille block and only in the heat of summer does it ever hit 200F on my 10 mile commute. At 70 degrees lately it's only been reaching 170 degrees max. So last night I changed the thermostat. The old one was indeed stuck open and cooling things too much.

Compare:
Yesterday morning ... 73F ambient, final water temp 168F (95F rise)
This morning .......... 67F ambient, final water temp 181F (114F rise)

:\ Still not amazing, but better. Keep in mind that the engine is only running for 5 miles of the drive, with time to cool off in between. I think newer cars have a more aggressive warmup routine.

Conclusion: for $14 in parts and an hour of labor, it's likely worth it, but only by a slim margin.

I think there is quite a bit of potential in these routes. Segments 5 would be one typical route to my wife's work and segment 6 will more than likely be the usual route home due to the arrangement of the terrain going that direction. I am going to try one more route to her work when I go to pick her up this afternoon. I have yet one more possible route for going to her work. I also have a candidate for an alternate return route but I'm not too hopeful on the results for that one. The daily average is at 100.3 mpg with a temperature of 73°F and the wind is WNW@ 10 mph.
75.4 5.9
105 7.0
92.6 11.1
152 1.6
101 11.2
106 11.9
136 4.9

As it says in "Beating the EPA",
Maintain your Automobile: A poorly tuned engine burns more fuel, so fuel economy will suffer if it is not in tune. Improperly aligned or under inflated tires can lower fuel economy, as can a dirty air filter or brake drag.

This is true. A functioning thermostat is giving me back my mileage. Running in warmup mode the whole trip hurts. :o
71.6 home for lunch, 90.0 back to work, average for today 79.0 / 32 miles.

Segment 9 is looking like it may be 'the route' going to my wife's work. It was a full 6 mpg better and was 2 miles shorter. I have ~20 miles left to go to take my daughter to Church for her Youth group. The daily average is up another .5 mpg to 100.8 mpg.
75.4 5.9
105 7.0
92.6 11.1
152 1.6
101 11.2
106 11.9
136 4.9
90.0 5.0
108 9.3
105 7.0

I filled today -- the error from the FCD was quite large but I'm not surprised because I didn't go for the larger volume fill and had to fill at a different pump.

77F, 3mph headwind from the NE, partly cloudy:


110.4mpg for 24.7mi (Work to Costco for gas)
125.4mpg for 2.4mi (Costco to home)

The current tank is at the second entry above with all 20 bars on the fuel gauge.

The tank came at 105.7mpg over 1027.5mi (instead of 106.9mpg :rolleyes:).

Day Total: 108.5mpg over 49.9mi

I've got Choir practice tonight so I'll be trying to pull that day average up a bit.

I just gained another 1 mpg and the daily is at 101.8 mpg.
75.4 5.9
105 7.0
92.6 11.1
152 1.6
101 11.2
106 11.9
136 4.9
90.0 5.0
108 9.3
105 7.0
92.4 4.9
137 4.8

I'm finally done for the day. I lost a few ticks because of having to run the headlights but still did well.
75.4 5.9-to wife's work
105 7.0-back home
92.6 11.1-to bank
152 1.6-bank to new house
101 11.2-new place to wife's work
106 11.9-wife's work back to new house
136 4.9-new place to home
90.0 5.0-home back to new house
108 9.3-new house to wife's work
105 7.0-back home
92.4 4.9-home to Church
137 4.8-back home
83.3 4.9-to Church
120 4.8-back home
Average for today was 101.4 mpg.

Odd driving day today as I had to go to a meeting for budgets at the church building right after work and then home.

2 school/work >
- 12.5 / 1.3 miles (54F Calm)
- 23.7/ 12.1 miles

work/eat/church building >
- 25.6 / 6.9 miles (70 Calm)
- 18.2 / 0.9 miles

home >
- 22.8 /4.7 miles through city driving (63 Calm)

daily avg - 23.3 / 25.9 miles (45 days over 22.5)
tank is just above 2/8 with 327.4 miles on it (184 miles left):(

The Choir run didn't go as well as I had hoped. Oh well.

72F down, 2mph wind from the NNE, overcast,
64F back, 2mph wind from the NNE, overcast:


106.2mpg for 17.9mi (Home to Church)
104.3mpg for 17.2mi (Church to home via car wash)

The tank is down to 106.4mpg over 37.7mi.

Day Total: 107.1mpg over 85.2mi

With a temperature of 63°F and wind ENE@ 5 mph, I'm at 92.8 mpg for the day. My daughter has a bit of an odd schedule today so I am going to take her to school which means a potential for 10+ mile segments at 100+ mpg each.:)
79.5 5.8
108 6.9

You definitely have warmer temperatures today, Larry!

53F, 2mph cross/tailwind from the N, overcast:


101.7mpg for 22.1mi (Home to work -- avoiding the dirt road :rolleyes:)

The tank is down to 104.5mpg over 59.8mi

64.3 / 5.5 mi - work to dr office for sick child
66.7 / 9.4 - dr to home with kids on board. My wife went alone to the pharmacy to pick up the meds, which were not available until morning. :( Sick kid all night with no medicine.

79 mpg this morning, despite a long night.

Hello all. I'm still exchanging carbon dioxide & oxygen... but have been crushed with work, and what little free time there is if I get home before 10:00 is spent trying to do some way overdue repairs / work at the house, pay some bills, maybe get to play with the dogs and / or wife, not at the same time ;)

TorqueNada has over 170,000 miles, still going along, typical 32-36 mpg tanks, depending on destinations.

Still struggling with trying to get work, we have a few little jobs, but really really need something that has a 6-12 month duration...

Good news is that I'm now down 25.5 lbs from January :D

Congratulations on the weight loss, Ken!

I second that sentiment from Andrew!

I'm sorry work is still scarce. Not fun. :(

Take care of yourself and check in as you can!

Back to the grind for me this morning...
I had to do an ECU reset after all the driving my dad did, and so I could not NICE-ON this morning. 31.0 MPG over 12.5 Miles. The lack of being able to coast hurt quite a bit, as the temperature was good for 35. Parking this year seems like its going to be more painful than it was last year; I was lucky this morning and found exactly one parking space on the very bottom of the parking structure that is the closest from home, distance wise. I may have to find a different place this year...

After a fairly successful trip of taking my daughter to school, the daily average is up to 100.3 mpg. This also bumped the FCD up to 99.5 mpg with just shy of 300 miles on the tank.
79.5 5.8
108 6.9
83.6 6.5
103 8.0
119 13.4

Lookin' good, Larry! :thumbs_up:

I don't know what was up with people today but they all seemed to either want to stop in the middle of the road to chat with someone, or to park diagonally across neighborhood streets to completely block them. :angry:

77F, 2mph headwind from the N, mostly sunny:


112.5mpg for 22.3mi (Work to home)

The tank is back up to 106.6mpg over 82.1mi with all 20 bars still on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 106.9mpg over 44.4mi

'Lantrific is up for her turn in 1.5hrs...

I'm done for the day. The temperature hit a high of 72°F and the wind is ENE@ 5-10 mph.
79.5 5.8-to wife's work
108 6.9-back home
83.6 6.5-to the bank for my mom
103 8.0-bank to daughter's school
119 13.4-back home
90.2 5.9-to wife's work
100 11.6-wife's work to my mom's
136 4.6-back home
Average for today was 101.1 mpg. The FCD is back up to it's max reading of 99.9. It went up the last tick ~1/4 mile from home while in a glide. The FCD has now reached what I call "boring" mode as it's not likely to change much now.:D

2 school/ then work >
- 13.4 / 1.3 miles (53 calm)
- 25.7 / 12.1 miles (traffic and lights were just right and was able to throw in a extra FAS)

2 school/ the home >
- 24.8 / 11.9 miles (69 W@3) no extra FAS's this afternoon :(
- 26.0 / 1.3 miles

Daily avg - 24.7 for 26.6 miles :Banane18:
tank is at 2/8 with 354.3 miles on it (159 left to drive)

Great work, Jason! :woot:

I missed getting the weather readings for my trip to the doctor, but it was likely pretty close to what it was when I got home.

On the way back, 72F, 4mph headwind from the NE, overcast:


54.6mpg for 3.6mi (Home to doctor's office)
55.6mpg for 4.0mi (Doctor's office to home)

The tank is now down to 63.1mpg over 429.6mi with 9.2g left and the guess gauge indicates one needle width over 5/8.

Day Total: 55.2mpg over 7.6mi

On the plus side, I've been approved to drop from two visits a week down to one. Improvement! :)

61F, 2mph head/crosswind from the ENE, overcast:


103.6mpg for 22.1mi (Home to work)

The tank is down to 105.9mpg over 104.3mi.

At the one gallon mark! :)

Looks like rain all day. :(

We're at 57°F and the wind is E@ 5 mph. The daily average is at 92.2 mpg.
82.0 5.8
103 6.9
343.3

Sean, look here: http://www.weather.com/weather/pastweather/hourly/55401?stn=0&when=092409

69 home last night
74 this morning
Weather down in the 60's both times.
Tank steady at 71.5 / 415 miles. 3/4 on the gauge.

Thanks, Andrew! :)

Update: lunch errands.

66.6 mpg / 4.7 miles out
70.5 mpg / 4.7 miles back

I use http://www.wunderground.com/ Then I find a a weather station close by me. I have one thats less than 2 miles from my house.

With this one you can look up hourly weather for any date in the past. Great if you miss writing down some details.

I feel pretty silly because that's actually the site I pull current info from when I'm recording my runs. I never noticed the "Yesterday" tab! :o

It seems I've got to deal with the rain you've been struggling with now, Andrew. :p

63F, 1mph cross/tailwind from the E, rain:


102.4mpg for 22.3mi (Work to home)

The tank is down to 105.2mpg over 126.7mi.

Day Total: 102.9mpg over 44.5mi

Blah. :p

Tank sitting at 372 miles/ 41.5 mpg. under 1/4, Kinda hard to say cause gauge needle seems to find a new spot after i key off/on quickly. working sat n sunday and that will put me at 400 miles. :woot:

For anyone:

What does your fuel % show on your scanguage when you finaly decide to refuel??

Tank sitting at 372 miles/ 41.5 mpg. under 1/4, Kinda hard to say cause gauge needle seems to find a new spot after i key off/on quickly. working sat n sunday and that will put me at 400 miles. :woot:

For anyone:

What does your fuel % show on your scanguage when you finaly decide to refuel??
The last two times I pushed it for distance, I was reading 0.0%...for more than a day.:D

Segment 3 pretty much killed any hope of a 100+ mpg day.:ccry: It was at that point that the wind decided to kick up to a sustained SE wind @ 15 mph with gusts to ~25 mph. This same wind kept segment 5 down lower than usual. With segment 3 this was a 45° head/cross wind and segment 5 it was a tail/cross wind. Oh well.
82.0 5.8-to wife's work
103 6.9-back home
73.6 6.5-to bank...again:(
109 10.7-bank to wife's work
103 7.0-back home
Average for today was 94.1 mpg.

71mpg on the 54 miles to work at an average speed ot 55mph and 87mpg on the 54miles home at an average speed of 65mph. Some lightly wet roads. Days' average 79mpg. Gradually learning when to FAS and when to coast in idle to avoid the engine restart lean burn delay.

2 work (boy went with his mom to her work)
- 24.6 / 13.3 miles (54F Calm)

Home>
- 24.3 / 13.1 miles (75 S@6)

Daily avg - 24.5 over 26.4 miles
tank is just above 1/8 with 381.0 miles (135 left, but I will have to take the kids the church building tomorrow to get Angel Food :( so I will be throwing the book at it since the engine may not be warmed up by the time I get there, plus city traffic on the weekends always the worst around here.)

2 work (boy went with his mom to her work)
- 24.6 / 13.3 miles (54F Calm)

Home>
- 24.3 / 13.1 miles (75 S@6)

Daily avg - 24.5 over 26.4 miles
tank is just above 1/8 with 381.0 miles (135 left, but I will have to take the kids the church building tomorrow to get Angel Food :( so I will be throwing the book at it since the engine may not be warmed up by the time I get there, plus city traffic on the weekends always the worst around here.)
What a coincidence! That is going to be my first trip tomorrow too. I have closer to 10 miles to go so I'll be fully warmed and most of the in town portion is on 4-lane streets.

67mpg going to work. Drove home in heavy rain doing mostly 60 to 65mph and not doing much hypermiling since I was just trying to get home. Got 68mpg, mostly due to the wet roads reducing the coasting performance down to that of a normal car. At speeds over 55mph I rarely need to use my windshield wipers since, in all but the heaviest rains, the rain drops flow off the windshield without obscuring vision.

A pretty good FE day today.
84.6 11.2-to pick up Angel Food at friend's Church
93.5 12.3-back home
90.0 9.1-to Meijer
92.7 9.1-back home
82.8 4.6-to my mom's
106 13.0-mom's to meet some friend's on the way to my wife's 25th school reunion
67.5 4.5-on to reunion. Massive elevation change in the last mile...I'll have to look it up on Google Earth later.
100 20.8-home from reunion...temp of only 58°F and a couple of glides that failed for about 1/4+ mile each.:mad::angry: probably would have been closer to a 105+ segment.
Average for today was 92.4 mpg.

Not too bad considering the cool temps of mid 50's to low 60's and the 2+ hours of sitting with no EBH. The average for the day was 96.5 mpg.
83.6 4.8
114 4.8

Lots of wind today.

66F down, 13mph cross/headwind from the WSW, sunny,
70F back, 21mph headwind from the WNW, sunny:


104.1mpg for 17.9mi (Home to Church)
97.9mpg for 16.9mi (Church to home)

This brings the tank down to 104.3mpg over 161.5mi.

Day Total: 101.0mpg over 34.8mi

Tank sitting at 41.6. 390 mile on SG, but odometer shows 399.9 miles :D. That's something i gotta work on. The low fuel light was flickering on n off on way to work and on way home stayed on. Have to go to sams club to pick up some supplies and that should put me over 412 which is my most miles driven. there's a cold front coming that will drop morning temps into the high 60's! :p

Temp 68
Winds SW@3
Clear

To Church Building for Angel Food, with the Kids in toe.
- 21.5 over 4.7 miles (engie was not even up to Operating Temps by they time I got there :()

Home again on less traveled route
- 26.2 over 6.8 miles (SG Flaked out on me twice after keying back on):mad:

Daily avg - 24.2 over 11.5 miles
tank is 1/8 with 392.5 miles on the ODO and 123 left to go. I should have just enough to get me through the end of the Summer Comp. :Banane18: