Week of November 6 to November 12 (Nat’l Avg $2.529)

Today , 32.35 deg F , wind NNW9. No highway today , stayed at my friend's house last night. 16.2 miles , 63.42 MPG.
It's a struggle to keep engine temp above 154 F , and also to maintain "normal" SOC ( six bars)
since I need headlights the entire time.

Yes, I know . Grille blocking. Also , my tire-pressure vigilance revealed that all four are at around 35 psi. I was trying to keep them at 45/43.
Whoops. I will correct that tonight. I may not see any more 70 tanks this year, but I will still try.

 

40.5 mpg - 4 miles to work. -6*F this morning, 7 mph wind ( wind chill -17*F) I forgot to set the clock back on the timer for the block heater so it shut off early.
51.1 mpg - 4.8 miles home. 6*F.

 

Today , 35 deg F , wind N8. 35.1 miles , 59.15 MPG. Tank is at 552.6 miles , 61.57 MPG. Fuel gauge has one pip remaining. Will most likely fill up Wed AM.
8 days on a tank is not good. Good thing winter is only six months long around here.

 

Today , 26 deg F , no wind to speak of. Filled up this morning. $2.749 for 87 E10. 597.0 miles / 9.717 gallons = 61.44 MPG. Brrrr.

Still didn't air up my tires. I tried to last night, but one of the caps was SO TIGHT my fingers could not break it loose. I didn't want to fill just three tires.

Tonight, I will attack it with PLIERS. The valve stem is in a fairly tight place , so it's hard to really get a grip on it.

 

You could have done just 2. Frozen? (as in water)

I remove the cap as I get to it, so I would not have discovered 1/4 stuck until too far gone, unless lucky and encountered it on the first tire.

I haven't had time yet to do the coroplast. Been taking some night classes. I stuck one section of pipe insulation on this morning in haste. We had flurries last night.

 

Speaking of valve caps... has anyone tried the valve caps with TPMS sending units and an app that allows for real-time individual tire pressure monitoring? I know some cars have that feature, but mine doesn't. More importantly, I'm too lazy to keep changing the registration of the sending units with the car controller with summer/winter tire swaps. I have two sets of tires/wheels.

Edit: Actually, the ones I've seen recently have a receiving unit that plugs into the 12V socket in the car and has live readouts. I don't know why my mind was thinking APPs... other than APPs rule my life now.

 

I hear about such incidents around Boston, but thankfully I hardly ever go there and the few local low-clearance hazards have been trouble free.

I can't remember which car I read about recently that had individual TPMS numeric readouts in the dash. Nice feature. Other recent related features I've read about; while pumping up your tire, the car will notify you when you have reached the right pressure. I'm not sure if that's configurable, and while it is a nice feature, it would not be enough for me.

 

Son of a gun. I wish someone would just get rid of "savings time" zone changes everywhere! What a waste of time multiplied by billions of people.

 

2*F yesterday morning, 41.6 mpg - 4 miles. Had some errands after work and lost track of home trip. I miss the daily trip meter resetting.
4*F this morning, 41.3 mpg - 4 miles. 7*F on trip home, 56 mpg - 4.7 miles. Maybe? Coolant temps have been 86*F on start up with 1.5 hours plug in time and engine bay fully closed in for winter. Thankfully, I've been able to plug in at work too which helps. 90*F coolant for the trip home. That seems to be max temp.
Everything else is still cold and stiff though and coasts are way shorter. I've actually got a brief window to drive in the daylight again both ways, but only a couple of weeks maybe.

 

Well , I did get the valve stem cap off yesterday. Had a date right after work yesterday , so obviously that's more important than tire pressure, lol.
I do take all of 'em off before filling any , because you never really know how long the air compressor will run for a buck.


today , 36.5 deg F , wind SSW8. 35.1 miles , 60.26 MPG. Tank is at 111.9 miles , 62.22 MPG.

 

Did you get your date to loosen the valve cap far you?

Picturing you doing a mad rush around the car, a bit like some test taking where you go back for the tougher questions. I agree with your method given the circumstances. Wouldn't a tire compressor be a worthwhile expense?