Week of April 18 to April 24 (Nat'l Avg price $2.114)

The national average gas price has increased back a touch - up 7¢ to $2.114 - it's now only 33.2¢ cheaper than this time last year.
Diesel is up also 2.5¢ at $2.116, which is 66.9¢ cheaper than this time last year.

Diesel is only 0.2¢ more than unleaded right now

Last Friday:
- 63.2 / 13.0 miles (71F ESE@13)
FCD = 62.7 (+1.7)

this morning with school drop off and rain with wet roads.
- 46.0 / 13.1 miles (61F SE@8 Rain and wet roads, so wipers and lights needed so limited FASing)
FCD = 58.6 (-4.1)

Tank:
0.76 gals converted
40.7 miles
^F

 

In a 16 Malibu Eco loaner for who knows how long. Filled er up and reset all the dash counters. 42mpg for the ride home.

It's the old body Malibu.

Dealership service guy drove my volt home. They should turn off Onstar, I know where he lives now

 

Is that a highway drive, James ? How did you like the driving experience ?

 

Today , 49.5 deg F , wind NE7. 34.3 miles , 64.3(59.8) MPG. Tank slips down to 156.7 miles , 69.8(64.9) MPG. I had a few tanks over 70 (fcd) last year , let's hope for more than a few this year.

 

NP gord.
Last night (after about an hour more at work)
- 58.6 / 15.0 miles (64F S@12 wet roads and little rain, had to run to the ATM on the way home)
FCD = 59.0 (+0.4)

This morning with school drop off:
- 49.9 / 13.1 miles (59F Calm wet roads and dense fog)
FCD = 58.1 (-0.9)

tank:
1.27 gals converted
68.5 miles
^F

 

Back roads. Nothing higher than 55 for psl
It drives nice. Felt like a grandpa car, or a fleet car. Comfy, gets you threre, nothing exciting. Just too big of a car for my liking. I do like the accent lighting inside.

Next morning was 30 degrees cooler, and cold start dropped the avg mpg to 38 for the ride back to work

 

Today , 51.5 deg F , wind ESE 10. 34.3 miles , 66.8(62.12) MPG. Tank is up a few ticks to 223.6 miles , 70.2(65.29) MPG. Yesterday's trip home helped that ; scenic route (no highway) 32.6 miles , 75.9(70.59)MPG.

 

Last night home:
59.7 / 12.9 miles (64F NE@6 with wet roads and light rain)
FCD = 58.7 (+0.6) (ended in the drive way with 32,997 miles on the odo.

this morning with school drop off:
52.3 / 13.1 miles (59F SSW@6 damp roads)
FCD = 58.4 (-0.3)

tank:
1.75 gal converted
94.3 miles
^F

 

Today , 57.5 deg F , wind S7 , roads were damp. 34.3 miles , 69.0(64.17) MPG. Tank is up a tick to 70.3(65.38) MPG for 291.2 miles. Taking scenic route home tonight and Friday ; this could be a good tank !

Saturday is the one year anniversary for this car. Will be "only" around 22,000 miles , since I didn't work for ten Saturdays this year.

 

Your a good friend Charlie Pale!
My wife's Sonta is about a year old as well and with about the same miles on it.

Last night:
- 58.1 / 13.0 miles (69F W@8)
FCD = 58.8 (+0.4)

this morning with school drop off:
- 52.1 / 13.1 miles (54F WSW@3)
FCD = 58.4 (-0.4)

tank:
2.22 gals converted
119.9 miles
^F

 

Sounds a lot like my brother and his church group in Indiana...

 

Ugh I know I haven't been here in a while. Well sorta, more lurking than posting.

Last two tanks in the Echo were 42.x and 43.x, but I had a 39.x tank before that. Triple whammy of using the defroster (AC), had to let someone use the car, and worst of all, the battery got flat when I parked the truck for my time-at-home and I let it idle while I unloaded my truck. Blah.

MAF was dirty...again. I cleaned it off before my current tank, but hit some heavy rain which kind of ruined my FE into work. I parked the car at 40.4mpg. I'm not sure why I'm needing to clean the MAF on a yearly basis but I have a suspicion. At any rate my fuel trims look normal once again.

Oh, traded my wife's Kia Rio for a minivan! It has a factory FCD, no idea how accurate it is. If it's close, then it's not too bad. I averaged around 28 with a lot of highway miles in Dallas; she's been getting in the 17's at home, and that's with a lot of short trips. Best of all, now that the numbers stare her in the face, she actually pays some attention to FE!