Week of May 21st - May 27th, 2012 (Nat Avg $3.76)

[Right Lane Cruiser]

Still on track to whoop my max tank average I see, Larry!

I had an interesting drive home today. I left work a bit early to take care of a dryer vent replacement at the townhouse because the existing one wasn't up to code. Or so I was told because it had a grate over the end (which catches lint -- 3" thick in this case -- and poses a fire hazard). According to the inspector I need one which has a flap in it. So, I head over there after work with the vent (of proper description) I purchased yesterday only to find that under the grate... is a flap. So... no swap -- which is fine by me because the way that vent was attached it would have been a bear to remove. I left it without the grate on and hopped back into the car.

So, already off my normal route I headed home and cut back over to the regular route part way back to the house so I could pick up a surprise treat for the wonderful wife (who has been working WAY too hard recently).

72F, no wind, sunny:

• 6.7mpk over 5.7mi --> 224.9 MPGe (Work to townhouse)
• 5.6mpk over 4.3mi --> 187.9 MPGe (Townhouse to donut shop)
• 7.0mpk over 5.5mi --> 234.9 MPGe (Donut shop to home)

Day Total: 6.4mpk over 30.2mi --> 214.8 MPGe
Total Usage: 4.7 kWh
Adj. Cost: $0.68

Any more over the top EV driving, Mike?

[groar]

Originally Posted by alvaro84

Today I ran into the page that can make profiles of routes so I created the approximate altitude profiles of the two main routes I commute on:

I want to do so with my possible route.
I certainly missed a message as I can't find the link to the page generating these graphs. Alvaro, where is it ?

Sean, the leaf's board is really pretty. Could be great to see it alive while driving

Bad day today...

• 18.9mi @ 70.5mpgUS 3mph rearwind light rain 10°C=50°F
• 19.4mi @ 53.4mpgUS 30-40mph headwind strong rain 11°C=52°F
• 0.4mi @ 54.7mpgUS & 0.4mi @ 82.5mpgUS

Day: 39.2mi @ 60.5mpgUS
Tank: 875.0mi @ 64.6mpgUS (-0.2)

Beep of last blinking square at 850.0mi

Denis.

[diamondlarry]

Originally Posted by Right Lane Cruiser

Still on track to whoop my max tank average I see, Larry!

I'm trying anyway. It's kind of odd being in this territory. If I were to look at just the text of what I've typed and not at who posted it, I would swear I was looking at stuff you had written. I guess my car is getting more in touch with it's inner Blue Swayed.

[lxmike]

Larry: I can only imagine what numbers you'll be pulling once summer temp start up there!!

[diamondlarry]

Originally Posted by lxmike

Larry: I can only imagine what numbers you'll be pulling once summer temp start up there!!

Awhile back, I got a hint when we had the 80+ temps. I had several days where the day total was 130+.

[alvaro84]

Originally Posted by groar

I want to do so with my possible route.
I certainly missed a message as I can't find the link to the page generating these graphs. Alvaro, where is it ?

http://www.heywhatsthat.com/profiler.html

Here it is

I got home before the rain, despite the two shopping stops on the way (a supermarket that proved useless when I want local groceries - what an IDIOT import ONIONS from AUSTRALIA???? ), and a small store in the village along the 'nice' route. It was supposed to be closed by then, but the shopkeeper was still there, working.

I really got some tailwind, and it was warm, around 25C / 77F. Idokep.hu shows a slight head/cross wind, but it was so weak I didn't feel anything.

Morning: 16-18C / 61-64F, raining. I took the short route, cutting my initial FAS in half, and went on some ridge riding practice. There's a leg (between the village and the nearby mine) that's incredibly slippery in the slightest rain, so I didn't really P&G there.

[Right Lane Cruiser]

Larry, you're doing a fantastic job -- I couldn't ask for a nicer guy to take down my records.

For anyone interested, here's the profile for my (to) work route:



The reverse is nearly identical -- there's a 0.3mi addition (bypass change) to the section right at the beginning of the graph.

[frv]

I love this kind of stuff, here's mine for route to work:

The best coasts (or FAS if I'm on my own!) are at 12, 13 and 18 miles

No driving for me again today - car pooling.

[groar]

Thx Alvaro

Here is my "to work through fast road", aka the "default GPS navigator road", picture :


90km/h=56mph from mi 2 to mi 20, with a 110km/h=68mph stretch to go uphill from mi 6 to mi 7.

I get better MPG on the way back

Will try to have the currently used road, but the software is rather picky to use.

Denis.

[Right Lane Cruiser]

No commute for me today as I'm working from home to assist in some maintenance around the house and a re-inspection of the townhouse.