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The last week of February is already upon us?? Man. That sure seemed to go quickly!

21F (13F windchill), 6mph cross/tailwind from the NW, overcast:


84.8mpg for 22.7mi (Home to work)

The tank is back up to 80.3mpg over 66.1mi

I hope everyone has a good week ahead!

I am off work today! It Looks like it's gonna be a rainy day so i guess i'll stay in and nap a lil :D

I came in at just a touch over 55 mpg for the day. I had 30F and a fair amount of slush to contend with. The good news is that my Enginer kit is supposed to be here later this week.:) And, I'm getting an iTouch tomorrow so I'll be able to start keeping better track of my numbers again.

Congrats, Larry! I've been keeping my logs on my iPhone and that has worked quite well for me. :)

Be sure to post plenty of pictures when you start playing with those batteries. :D

I been wondering(nosey) about you Larry! :)

Congrats, Larry! I've been keeping my logs on my iPhone and that has worked quite well for me. :)

Be sure to post plenty of pictures when you start playing with those batteries. :D

I'm not sure how soon I'll get to start installing the batteries. I have no heat in my garage.:( O may have to try and remedy that situation as soon as possible.;)

I been wondering(nosey) about you Larry! :)

:p It's kind of nice to have somebody nosey about us once in awhile anyway.:D

Larry, no heat in my garage either -- space heaters are your friends. ;)

66.5 mpg to the gas station.

Filled up. 751 miles, 11.500 (;))gallons = 65.3 mpg. SG was predicting 65.7, but my gut told me that was optimistic. Last fill was a tad short.

71.5 / 1.1 miles from the station to work.

Nice work, Andrew!!! :thumbs_up:

Well, that didn't work out too well. :p

I did a terrific job timing lights on the first 3/4 of my drive home and when I saw a bunch of vehicles approaching quickly on the fastest (and unfortunately single lane) section of my route I figured I would try my alternate route. Big mistake. It was obviously last plowed approximately NEVER. :( The roads have been clear for a while now and last week I was able to take my alternate route in Anoka without any issues. I wrongly assumed that the same would be true here, but I certainly discovered this quickly. My 87.4mpg average tanked back down to 84.3mpg in less than a mile. :p I couldn't pull that up any before hitting Anoka but did my best on that alternate mentioned above.

30F (21F windchill), 10mpg headwind from the NW, partly sunny:


87.1mpg for 23.4mi (Work to home)

The tank is up to 82.0mpg over 89.5mi

Day Total: 86.0mpg over 46.2mi

In other news, I finally dug a path over to the driver's door of the Elantra. I had to take the battery charger off of it back in early December because the alarm kept going off at unpredictable times. Enough snow had melted off I was able to get into it and pop the hood without clearing anything off and was pleasantly surprised to find that the battery hadn't tanked enough to give my SG-II amnesia again! :) I hooked up the charger again and found the switch indicating the hood is up (since I figure that's what was getting causing the alarm to go off even though the hood was just popped but not up), and used an old copper staple to wedge it in the closed position. That should keep the alarm at bay, I think.

I ended up with 67.8 mpg for the afternoon round trip which gave me 60.3 mpg for the day.

school - work>
- 19.2 / 13.6 miles (28F stiff NW wind at 13 (mostly head wind all the way)

work - gas station>
-19.0 / 9.7 miles (34F NW9 didn't realy help as a tail wind:rolleyes:)

fill was 404.2 miles on 19.385 gals = 20.85 MPG :Banane18: (It's above 20.5, I'll take it)

gas station - home>
- 25.0 / 4.0 miles (nice to have a warm engine and traffic was flowing well:D)

daily avg - 20.0 over 27.3 miles
tank is at 25 MPG over 4 miles and my tank is full ;)

I brought my A game this morning but couldn't quite hold onto 87+mpg with the lights at the end of my route.

10F (2F windchill), 4mph tail/crosswind from the W, flurries:


86.2mpg for 22.7mi (Home to work)

The tank is up to 82.9mpg over 112.3mi

60.3 home last night with a headwind
73 this morning with a tailwind

Both times, temps around 40. We're looking at snow today, so things could be "interesting" again later.

The new tank is at 67.5 / 28 miles.

No numbers yesterday because i rode the bicycle. 34F today with very little wind.

- 46.4mpg for 22.6 miles from home to the gym
- 40.1mpg for 6.2 miles from the gym to school

The tank is currently at 44.1mpg over 35.8 miles.

Congratulations on reaching 10% bike!
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^Thanks Andrew

Return trip wasn't as good as i wanted, and the headwind didn't help. 37F with 8mph winds from the E with flurries.

- 41.3mpg for 23.4 miles from school to home

Tank dropped to 42.9mpg over 59.4 miles, with the day total at 43.2mpg.

today was lookign real good and started off good also.

42.3- 7.2 miles to work. temp was 64 degrees at 5:20 am.

coming home should/could have been better than the morning run. except for one thing "Traffic" At my last light I had 42.3 showing on the SG. ended up with 40.6 when i finaly got home.

40.6- 6.2 miles home. Temp was 77 for this trip, so you see why i'm bummed.

I did my best but man, that wind was a bear!!

21F (7F windchill), 16-20mph headwind from the NW, partly sunny:


78.9mpg for 23.0mi (Work to home)

The tank is back down to 82.2mpg over 135.4mi

Day Total: 82.4mpg over 45.8mi

home>school>work>
- 19.7 / 13.6 miles (18F Calm and frosty)

work>home
- 21.5 / 13.3 miles (40F NW9, but felt much higher and was not much of a help:mad:)

daily avg - 21.2 over 26.9 miles
tank is still full with 30.9 miles and about 21 MPG.

A little cool this morning, but since when has that stopped me? ;)

-1F (-14F windchill), 7mph cross/tailwind from the NNW, mostly clear:


82.7mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is steady at 82.2mpg over 158.2mi with 19 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Well that was...interesting. Once again my college was one of the only schools not to cancel. Had to deal with un-plowed side roads, soaking wet main roads, and got stuck in my driveway multiple times. Given the horrible conditions, i'm pretty happy with the f/e today.

34F with snow/rain/sleet mix and very little winds

- 39.7mpg for 23.6 miles (it's only a 23.4 mile trip, so that means .2 miles were when i was spinning the tires on the driveway/side roads)

The tank has dropped way down to 42mpg as of now. Hopefully on the return trip things are in better shape.

I started with 19F and the winds are WSW@ 5-15 mph. The daily average is at 66.5 mpg for the day.
69.6 8.9
64.1 10.3

60.5 home last night, snowing.
66.7 this morning despite an overnight frost.

The tank is at 64.3 / 60 miles.

The trips to the gym and back/home were a bit better, but still had to deal with soaking wet roads :p. 37F with rain.

- 35.6mpg for 8 miles from school to the gym
- 41.3mpg for 9.1 miles from gym back to school
- 41.1mpg for 23.3 miles from school to home

The tank dropped even more to 41.3mpg over 123.7 miles with the day total of 39.8mpg. Definitely taking the bicycle with studded snow tires to church tonight for Bible study.

A bit of wind still but I made out like a bandit. ;)

14F (5F windchill), 6mph headwind from the NW, sunny:


85.3mpg for 23.0mi (Work to home)

The tank is up to 82.7mpg over 181.3mi with 18 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 83.8mpg over 45.8mi

Hey, Larry -- how do you like your new iPod Touch? Getting used to that onscreen keyboard yet? :)

Andrew, is the forecast warming up at all for you?

Dan, nice work given the conditions! I salute you for the snow biking, too. :thumbs_up:

Ok this mornign wasn't bad at all, but ride home wasn't lookign good. had started spritzing and was colder than my morning trip.

41.6- 7.2 miles to work. was a lil foggy and this kinda helps me out.

39.9- 6.2 miles home. cold and spritizing. had 40 mpg showing but it ticked down.1 in my driveway. :(

Hey, Larry -- how do you like your new iPod Touch? Getting used to that onscreen keyboard yet? :)

It's going to take some getting used to that's for sure.

Not too bad for this time of year. We hit a high of 27F and winds stayed WNW@ 5-15 mph
68.9 8.9-home to coffee stop
64.1 10.3-on to wife's work then home
70.1 19.2-to wife's work and back
Average for today was 68.1 mpg.

more cool temps and wind
home>school>work>
- 18.0 / 13.7 miles (14F NW@7)

work>home>
-21.3 / 13.2 miles (35F NW@6)

daily avg - 20.3 / 26.9 miles
tank - 57.8 miles and about 20.3 MPG

Well that was frustrating. Every time I got close to pulling the trip average up I had another red light to contend with. When it wasn't that, it was a cop pulling a U-turn to catch the fellow in front of me... and forcing a big stab to my brakes in the process. :(

Oh well. Hopefully the drive home is better.

-3F, no wind, clear:


79.9mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is back down to 82.2mpg over 204.1mi with 17 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

64.9 / 12.8 mi home last night, via lowes for some 8' lumber. I LOVE my fold-down rear seat. Who needs a truck?
63 / 10.5 this morning with a light frost.

Tank is at 66.3 / 104 miles.

No class today, but i did have to pick some things up from the store. 40F with rain and 9mph winds from the ENE.

- 41.8mpg for 21.3 miles from home to the store
- 42.3mpg for 22.4 miles for the trip back home

Tank is at 41.5mpg currently with the day total of 42.1mpg.

Had lunch with a couple of friends and then drove home after that. Not bad for the distances and temps. :)

18F, 1mph wind from the NE, sunny:


67.6mpg for 0.9mi (Work to restaurant)


22F, 4mph crosswind from the E, sunny:


90.4mpg for 23.8mi (Restaurant to home)

The tank is back up to 82.9mpg over 228.9mi with 17 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 84.6mpg over 47.5mi

Was cold this morning! some of that Minnesota air must have snuck down here during the night! :p

Still managed to pull some good number anyways.

40.0- 7.2 mile to work. temp was 51 at 8:45 am

42.9- 6.2 miles home. Temp was 54 at 6 pm.



Sean, Nice trip home! Quick meal??

home>school>work>
- 18.5 / 13.7 milies (20F E@6)

work>home
- 21.6 / 13.2 miles (45F E@12)

daily avg = 20.7 / 26.9 miles
tank is down to 7/8 with 83.6 miles on the ODO (~21.5 MPG)

Hi, Mike -- I was at the restaurant about an hour but the car didn't get any warm up time over 0.9mi before that (it was off for about 1/3 of that distance). ;)

The roads are finally clear enough that I can get back to long coasting distances with the engine off and boy does it make a difference! With completely dry roads and little to no traffic I've managed better than 100mpg when the temps were in the low to mid 20's.

A tad warmer today.

0F, no wind, clear:


81.5mpg for 22.8mi (Home to work)

The tank is steady at 82.9mpg over 251.7mi with 16 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

O had 24F today and wind was NW@ 10-20 mph with gusts to 35 mph. The daily average is at 61.6 mpg.
59.1 8.9
64.0 10.3

My Enginer kits arrived yesterday afternoon. Hmm, wonder what I'll be doing for awhile?;)

Pictures, Larry!! Pictures!!!! :D

Pictures, Larry!! Pictures!!!! :D
I'll see if I can pray the camera out of my daughter's possession.:p i haven't even opened the boxes yet:o

I'll try to get some cell phone pics after while. I did finally figure out how to send them to my email since I finally have unlimited text and data.

31F with winds from the E at 13mph and the windchill at 25F.

- 45.1mpg for 21.6 miles from home to school

The tank is up to 41.8mpg as of now.

66.7 home last night. I lost at least 2 mpg by pulsing HARD up to a red light. When will I learn to not chase a stale green. :(
65.4 this morning in a thunderstorm

Tank is down a touch to 66.2 / 125 miles.

The weather was all over the place from cloudy with some sun to whiteout conditions. 34F with winds from the E @ 7mph.

- 40.8mpg for 9.6 miles from school to the store (flurries)
- 34.2mpg for 5.5 miles from the store to the gym
- 36.2mpg for 6.1 miles from the gym to school (heavy snow fall with whiteout)
- 41.7mpg for 23.3 miles from school to home (started cloudy with some sun and ended up pretty heavy snow)

The tank has dropped to 41.4mpg over 231.9 miles with the day total of 41.2mpg.

Lil colder this morning!

40.5- 7.2 mile to work. temp was 44 at 5:20 am.

Had to stop for some "supplies" seeing as i am off tommorrow. :D

36.4- 2.7 mile to publix.

40.1- 3.7 miles from publix to home. Temp was 63 here.


Andrew: Thats my biggest killer. I have 2 lights going to work that I can bet i'll catch one going red.

Much warmer and nice and sunny! I did well considering the typical, aggressive Friday traffic. :p

31F (26F windchill), 4mph headwind from the NNW, sunny:


88.3mpg for 23.0mi (Work to home)

The tank is up to 83.1mpg over 274.7 with 16 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 84.8mpg over 45.8mi

I was off to a great start this week, then came the rain. Along with the rain and wind came a hesitation at all engine speeds below 3,000 RPM.
I still got 22.8 mpg, but I can only imagine what I would have gotten had the weather, and consequently the truck, not taken a turn for the worse. First tank coming back from February vacation as well (wow, it's good to be a school employee, all those breaks I used to get as a kid are now back, now if only we got paid for them. :( )

...When will I learn to not chase a stale green. :(...

I find myself in the same situation many times as well.

Had to get some things done today. 34F with no wind and cloudy skies.

- 45.2mpg for 19.2 miles from home to the shop to get some minor exhaust work done
- 42.8mpg for 11 miles from the shop to the bicycle store to pick some things up
- 43.5mpg for 23 miles from bike store to home

The tank is back up to 41.8mpg over 285.6 miles currently with the day total at 43.3mpg

Filled up yesterday and got 44.1 MPG, a new record for me by a tiny margin. It's encouraging to have a decent tank after the one before it, which was sharply worse than all of my previous tanks. I was fearing there was something wrong with the car (or the driver).

My commute to and from work averages out to around 41 MPG, and the difference gets made up by highway trips. Routes with the right topography can yield more than 50 MPG due to extended NICE-ON coasting opportunities (poor man's P&G?). Other routes are either too flat or require DFCO/braking when going downhill, which throws away energy. These are usually good for mid-40s.

I drove to Santa Cruz yesterday, which is about a 50 mile drive. About half the drive was on CA-17, a mountain highway that zig-zags up to 1800 ft. and back down, and is notorious for accidents and congestion, especially when wet. I was actually looking forward to this drive, since somehow I had never taken it southbound in my new car, and I thought it would be an interesting benchmark. My old car had to drop to third gear (being a four-speed) during parts of the southbound climb, and even when it was possible to use fourth gear, it could barely maintain speed without downshifting. My new car has a higher power-to-weight ratio, more gear ratios, and a more efficient transmission, so I was curious how it would fare during that climb. Unfortunately, I didn't get to find out. Just as soon as I got to the end of the freeway section and started climbing, traffic stopped completely. It barely moved for the next half hour, covering only a mile and a half. Of course, this was the steep climb, so there were no coasting opportunities. During that stretch I was stopped most of the time, and never made it past first gear. Eventually traffic started moving again, albeit a little slowly. Turns out a tree fell on the road earlier.

I thought the stop and crawl would absolutely kill my mileage, but I was surprised to average 43.9 MPG for the whole trip (including finding parking). For comparison, I got 45.4 MPG on the way back, and I started the return trip from a much higher elevation than my initial destination in Santa Cruz, which favors the return trip (averaged 85 MPG over the first 3 miles!).

I'll be filling up on my way home tonight. I could go a few more days but time is right to get in and out easier.

My daughter hasn't been feeling well this weekend so it was just me driving to Church today. :(

29F down, 3mph cross/tailwind from the N, sunny,
36F back, 8mph headwind from the NNW, sunny:


87.1mpg for 17.2mi (Home to Church)
88.8mpg for 17.2mi (Church to home)

The tank is up to 83.8mpg over 309.2mi with 15 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.

Day Total: 87.8mpg over 34.5mi

I'm going to have to remember to take out part of my grill block in temps this warm -- I was cooking myself in the cabin with the heater to guarantee the coolant didn't get over 198F. :p

Well that was fun. fillup didn't go as i had hoped. Pull in and my usual pump is out of 87 so had push car back to middle pump.



gran totals for this tank was 401 miles- 9.82 fuel to refill. 40.83! sg was showing 40.1 so i can get closer but scared to mess with the fuel adjustment so i'll just enjoy know =ing i am doing betetr than i am seeing. hopefull this pulls my lifetime over 40. :)

Congrats, Mike! Looks like you succeeded in besting 40mpg lifetime average. :D:thumbs_up: