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Week of March 14th - March 20th, 2011 (Nat Avg $3.58)
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03-14-2011, 06:34 AM
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Week of March 14th - March 20th, 2011 (Nat Avg $3.58)
Welcome to another wonderful week!
I took the highway this morning because of the lower temperature.
11F, no wind, clear:
- 79.1mpg for 12.7mi (Home to work)
The tank is steady at 80.1mpg over 607.2mi with 13 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.
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03-14-2011, 07:31 AM
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Hypermile to the finest
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Re: Week of March 14th - March 20th, 2011 (Nat Avg $3.58)
Last afternoon From Home to Dover 49F 14 NNW clear
59.8/41.9 miles
From Dover to Magnolia
66.7/8.4 miles (highest segment)
From Magnolia to Elkton
53.5/56.4 miles
To work this morning 30F 5 WNW clear
55.1/21.5 miles
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Best of Civic HX (34 EPA):
To home 80.9/19.2
To work 78.2/23.8 mi
Segment 121/.5 mi
Tank 69.41/542.8 mi
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03-14-2011, 09:01 AM
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Beat The System
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Re: Week of March 14th - March 20th, 2011 (Nat Avg $3.58)
Spring break means the direct and high mpg route!
81.3 mpg / 10.5 miles this morning, even with light drizzle.
The tank is up to 72.2 / 642 and ~3/8 on the gauge.
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100 mpg commute / 90.2 mpg tank = 1191 miles
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03-14-2011, 09:38 AM
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Re: Week of March 14th - March 20th, 2011 (Nat Avg $3.58)
Had a decent commute to work this morning. Outstanding commute home!
82.3 MPG / 11.0 Miles home to work
68.9 MPG / 15.7 Miles work to home
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03-14-2011, 10:05 AM
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Re: Week of March 14th - March 20th, 2011 (Nat Avg $3.58)
A wonderful week indeed! Last time (on Friday, just after midnight) I rode home it was -2C outside.
Now it seems it'll be some +20C today.
I regret I didn't bring my summer gloves with me. Yay!
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03-14-2011, 02:06 PM
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Re: Week of March 14th - March 20th, 2011 (Nat Avg $3.58)
In case there were any doubts as to the benefit of both a warm vs cold engine and headwind vs tailwind:
68.5 mpg / 10.7 mi - home for lunch, cold engine and 20mph headwind.
93.7 mpg / 10.7 mi - back to work, warm and 20 tailwind.
Also, the round trip average is not just (68+93)/2 = 81.1. You have to calculate the fuel used each time and total that, giving 79.1 mpg instead. The low mpg segment uses more fuel so it affects the gallons part more heavily.
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100 mpg commute / 90.2 mpg tank = 1191 miles
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03-14-2011, 02:19 PM
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Re: Week of March 14th - March 20th, 2011 (Nat Avg $3.58)
Quote:
Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian
Also, the round trip average is not just (68+93)/2 = 81.1. You have to calculate the fuel used each time and total that, giving 79.1 mpg instead. The low mpg segment uses more fuel so it affects the gallons part more heavily.
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Learned that lst year when my numbers were still low even though gliding produced 140-150mpg. L per 100Km should work fine, but not sure I could ever make that transition.
Better today indeed. 91.4mpg on the way to work and I left about 30 minutes later. Nice to start off the workweek on a positive note.
The tank is at 85.7mpg over 387miles.
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03-14-2011, 03:46 PM
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Re: Week of March 14th - March 20th, 2011 (Nat Avg $3.58)
So close! 
35F (28F windchill), 10mph tailwind from the SSE, sunny:
- 99.1mpg for 15.4mi (Work to home)
The tank is now up to 80.6mpg over 622.6mi with 13 of 20 bars remaining on the fuel gauge.
Day Total: 88.8mpg over 28.2mi
I still have a trip to an unfamiliar Church location this evening. We'll see how that goes...
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03-14-2011, 04:54 PM
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Practicing true conservatism!
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Re: Week of March 14th - March 20th, 2011 (Nat Avg $3.58)
Sean, I am guessing you haven't seen 100 yet this year?  It'll probably happen this week!
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Best Segment - 76.5 MPG / 2.8 mi
Best Tank - 748.6mi @ 45.1 MPG 11/11/12
 
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03-14-2011, 06:13 PM
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Penguin of Notagascar
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Re: Week of March 14th - March 20th, 2011 (Nat Avg $3.58)
Hi, Brandon -- I have seen it once... when it was in the low 40s for temps.
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