Week of December 4 to December 10 (Nat’l Avg $2.476)

Thanks for starting the thread, Gord. Today , 52 deg F wind S17 ( light rain all the way in). 35.0 miles , 62.31 MPG.
Tank is at 160.4 miles , 64.08 MPG.

 

I hate when that happens. Even in our well-established area ( Naperville/Aurora) they are still building new roads. And traffic signals , natch.

 

Yeah, same thing happens here too. The really sad part is someone will probably have to die before the powers that be decide a signal light is needed.

 

New commute from the GFs house is 16 miles one way, 5 stop signs and almost never any traffic on all country 2 lane roads. It's great vs the commute to and from my place, 54 miles one way. Still going to my place about 2 nights a week until it sells

 

Truck's been at 7.8mpg. Not looking forward to tomorrow's morning slog through the heart of urbanized Connecticut's commute, though.

Been thinking about grille blocks for the Civic. Considering that there's iPads almost as large as the Civic's radiator, it's shockingly efficient. It takes very little in the way of cold to pull those temperatures down.

 

These small efficient engines don't seem to need a lot of cooling. I'm surprised at how much I have bundled up my Echo and it still just gets warm.

46.6 - 4 mi. to work, -6*C. Only 52 - 4.7 mi. home, -1*C.
I didn't get the car plugged in at work this afternoon and took a hit for it.
I haven't been very consistent about recording my trip mileage lately, but most of my trips have all been low to mid 40's. The exceptions are my home trips from work. They have all been running 57-59 with a couple in the 60's (Scangauge numbers) since the weather warmed up a bit the last couple of weeks. While not really accurate, it suggests "plugging in" is helping my short commutes 10-15%.

 

True. My Echo was similarly a cold runner in winter; I literally blocked the radiator off with cardboard in front of the condenser, and it still ran cold. Figured it was because mine was a ghetto special and lacked the lower engine cover.

If you've ever looked at a Civic's setup, you'll see a radiator stage right and the condenser stage left. It ran 5-10* warmer than the Echo during the summer, so I'm a bit surprised that with the lower engine cover and tiny rad it runs as cool as it does.

 

Today , 35 deg F wind WSW20 (wow). 35.0 miles , 62.22 MPG. Tank is at 229.9 miles , 63.05 MPG.
I will schedule an oil change and tire rotation for Thursday. I will have very close to 60K miles.

 

Another mediocre mileage morning but amazingly warm, 34*F. 40.3 - 4 miles. Headwind 15 gusting to 25, traffic caused me to miss a couple of lights. Then half way to work my muffler snapped off, broke my concentration. Really odd, no warning or noise. Was fine, shut down to coast to a light, restarted and sounded like a tuner car. Managed to weld it up after work so not terribly serious. Trip home was much better. 59 - 4.7 mi. 34*F

 

Wasn't able to get on weather.com this morning , but it was fairly cold , around 28 F. I senses some wind from the north from looking at my instant FCD.
35.1 miles , 60.54 MPG. Tank is at 298.9 miles , 62.50 MPG. Staying at my friend's tonight , so a shorter (16.2 mile) non-highway trip in the morning.

 

The force is strong with this one...

 

Hmm, that's something to consider.

Don't ask about the truck...back and forth through Boston and Connecticut, with numbers which reflect that.

 

Oh, joy. Short haul here in Connecticut in the morning. That'll be GREAT for my fuel economy...I get a lot of crazy stuff (like this load, there's more to the story) when I'm in the northeast.