Week of Feb. 5th - Feb. 11th, 2007

brick · #21 02-06-2007, 07:19 AM

The past several days have not been kind to me. After this morning's 7-9F weather and traffic debacle (some of the local high school kids are, without apology, morons just like their parents) I'm down to 47.7mpg at about 200mi, and just got down to 4 pips. This tank might well drag my LMPG below 50.

Chuck · #22 02-06-2007, 08:18 AM

Really can't say for sure about this morning, but I had an interesting commute yesterday evening. Was on the Bush Tollway - TX190. A vehicle went two lanes to the left somewhat abruptly to get in the tolltag lane. Three miles later we are on the access road of the tollway with me a carlength ahead.

To make it look more idiotic, the guy was apparently going to get back on the tollway - i.e. he did not know where he was going.

All the while, I was getting 73.7mpg, almost double his, yet he was behind. Here is the kicker - his vehicle.

philmcneal · #23 02-06-2007, 01:17 PM

tank sitting at 4.5L/100km (53 mpg?) with over 210 km on the MFD

feels good to be back.... after driving that guzzly Rav 4 (22 mpg) on Toronto streets.... and yes I TRIED to hypermile that suv guzzling piece of crap... man why do mom have to like Suv's?

rhwinger · #24 02-06-2007, 01:52 PM

11 degrees this morning with 55.x mpg all I could manage. The tank is sitting at 54.x mpg with just under half the tank left.

Some guy was following me this morning while I was poking along at 38-45 in a 55 zone. It was freaking me out as I was just waiting for the flashing blue and red lights to come on, but they never did. He followed me for about 6 miles until I came to a left turn - looked over and it was just another guy, poking along like me? A fellow hypermiler?

xcel · #25 02-06-2007, 06:29 PM

Hi All:

___Temps a little better, side winds died down yet again and just a little snow for the drive home this morning. Temps from 1 to 6 degrees F with a 41.8 result. Fortunately I was not on the Chicago Interstates this afternoon as there was a Tri-State shutdown due to a 20 + car pileup about the time I would have been near the accident at I-294 and I-55.

___Good Luck

___Wayne

JimboK · #26 02-06-2007, 09:49 PM

Had a good day despite the cold, close to 60 MPG, thanks to a 15 mile trip to the doctor this morning and a cross-town drive this evening to have dinner with my kids.

I filled up just before coming home, 56.9 MPG for the tank. This is my sixth 500 mile tank in a row ... barely. 501 miles with the last pip blinking.

Bruce · #27 02-06-2007, 10:01 PM

Topped off the tires, then 33.6 at 24°F for 15 miles going home, including a stop at the store.

Tank is still at 35.2. Low fuel light is on at around 389 miles. I should have a couple of gallons left at this point.

Long commute again tomorrow, so I'll fill up near work before heading home.

locutus · #28 02-07-2007, 01:07 AM

These subzero temps have been brutal. To top it off it snowed during the day today and it was too cold for the road salt to melt it.

70 miles on the new tank and already down a pip. I brought the tank average *up* to 47.0 today - it had been below 45. I don't have the individual segments from the past few days in front of me right now, but suffice it to say they're depressing. Hard to believe that tomorrow's high is 12F and I'm looking forward to it.

Things should be looking up after this week though - on sat a bunch of us from the area are doing a group block heater install (thank you in advance Wayne!) and with that some of the bite of these MPG-eating winter warmup periods should be lessened. Looking forward to before and after comparisons.

psyshack · #29 02-07-2007, 07:48 AM

I had 39 mpg for the drive in yesterday morning and 44 mpg for the evening drive home. Was hoping for better. We had what we call a Indian summer day yesterday. The high was 71F yesterday in Tulsa. If its not the temps its the **** ******* ***** **** **** wind.

brick · #30 02-07-2007, 08:53 AM

I've reached equilibrium at 47.7-47.8mpg on the MFD. Warmup drops me down into the 47.5 range and then I have to work for the rest of the segment to re-gain the number I started out with. The worst part is that I'm down to three pips on the fuel gauge even earlier than I was on my last tank (barely 230mi). It's as if I'm dumping fuel on the pavement overnight, though that's clearly not the case.