FE Challenge 17 - Spring 2012

[TheStepChild]

if I can get the van sg calibrated I want to enter it in the next one. Hey, someone has to come in last.

[JonNC]

Originally Posted by TheStepChild

if I can get the van sg calibrated I want to enter it in the next one. Hey, someone has to come in last.

That would be me.



But I would gladly step aside.

[groar]

1000.2mi @ 69.458 (fill up number) = EPA+82.8%

My SG2 is pessimistically configured : 66.2mpgUS

This is my last fill up for this challenge.

Frv & Mr. Pancake are beating me, but nobody has a better MPG than mine in div B&C

Lets get crazy about next goal : 1111.1mi @ 71.1 mpgUS (EPA+87.1%)

Denis.

[Die2self]

Originally Posted by groar

1000.2mi @ 69.458 (fill up number) = EPA+82.8%

Way to post the numbers and your first Kilo with the new car. Great work

[FXSTi]

Nice job Denis. Big tank and big numbers.

[FXSTi]

Refilled after 42 days @ 44.452 mpg over 504 miles. It was better than I hoped. Most of the trips this tank have been very short and usually with the kids in the car, so almost no FAS.

Wife decided to borrow the car today, which means I'm off to another mediocre tank. She went 172 miles and the FCD is showing 44.3, but the UG is reading 38.8. I'm guessing the UG is reading low with steady state driving.

Tomorrow I have a 470 mile round trip planned for a doctors visit. If the weather cooperates I will bike it.

[diamondlarry]

Quick questions: 1) Is this Saturday the end of this challenge? 2) If so, will there be a #18?

[EdwinTheMagnificent]

If the weather cooperates I will bike it.

Hey , if I had a motorcycle at this time I would be riding it, too. But my question is : can you beat the Fiesta's fuel efficiency on your scoot ?

[FXSTi]

Originally Posted by EdwinTheMagnificent

Hey , if I had a motorcycle at this time I would be riding it, too. But my question is : can you beat the Fiesta's fuel efficiency on your scoot ?

I honestly have not tried. The Harley, now gone, had a best tank of 51ish. The FJR 1300 has seen 44.36 with a low of 40.05. With the electronic clutch there is no neutral coasting. I can't shift into neutral unless the bike is at a complete stop. I rode 489 miles yesterday at true freeway speeds plus a little and stayed over 40 mpg. There is no way I could have driven like I did in the Fiesta and got that kind of mileage. So in theory the bike beats the car, but the way we drive the cars is the biggest factor

[JonNC]

4th >400 mile tank in a row!
18 days on this tank, with an elapsed (engine on) time of 14 hours and 44 minutes (trip computer figure).
75% city driving.
Average speed of 30 MPH (average of UG and trip computer figures).
A computed 0.7965 gallons per hour average for the tank (spreadsheet figure).
Cost per mile of $0.081 (spreadsheet figure), $3.049 per gallon.
11.735 gallons consumed over 456.3 (adjusted) miles for 38.8864 MPG.

It was a bit hotter this tank, I think I set my own record of 89° outside without using the A/C.
Scratch the above, it got up to 100° outside Friday, and I made it without A/C.
But later that day, A/C was a must at a humid 88°.

Only one highway trip this time around.
Not much more to report.
I decided to clear out my UG's long term averages and will do so for each quarter.
That way I can have an FE Challenge page to track my progress between challenge entries.