Month of September 2021 (Nat’l avg $3.174)

As mentioned often, I buy used tires……taller, better traction tires than my original sizes….. that provide lower engine rpms. For 100,000+ miles on 2 cars, I’ve been delightfully happy with used tires, even $0 cost tires. I’ve had Goodyear Assurance, & Eagle tires, Continentals, Michelan’s, other name brand tires. I’ve even had Bridgestones in the same size you talk about, on my Hyundai Accent. My Elantra presently has $40 & $30 tires on the front drive wheels & $20 & $0 tires on the rear. Excellent, well-balanced, quiet tires. I got a BF Goodrich, never-mounted tire that was advertised to get 70,000 miles. Its gotten 25,000 well behaved miles & looks like it’ll get 35,000 more miles. Oh, yeah…..$10.
People have good tires in their garages for sale, just to get more room in their garages. I’ve met the best people who have better information than new tire dealers. I really recommend used tires with long life still, that otherwise, might be sent to tire dumps. I love my….. tire dump tires.

 

Today , 69 deg F in Northbrook , 68 in Elk Grove Village.
17.2 miles , fcd = 70.2 x .943 = 66.2 MPG.

 

Today , 72 deg F in Naperville , 73 in Elk Grove.
34.9 miles ( ? ) , fcd = 68.5 x .943 = 64.6 MPG.

Going to Ravinia tonight to hear the Miro Quartet.
Should be about 70 MPG and 18 miles.

 

Nice pic , Gord. She's a beauty.

 

Hey, Gord. If I get a Model 3, I’ll keep the aero wheel caps on the car while on highways or freeways. But, they are ugly & I will take them off while in town or on slow back roads.

 

Today , 58 deg F in Northbrook and Elk Grove.
17.2 miles , fcd = 71.5 x .943 = 67.4 MPG.
Lost one bar of battery on the way here.
This could affect the efficiency of my trip home.

 

That's essentially what I do with my supposedly "aero" wheel covers. On our "slow back roads" full of hills and stop signs, I wonder whether their aerodynamic advantage even compensates for the energy consumed repeatedly accelerating them and lifting their added weight. Besides which, snapping plastic wheel covers on aluminum wheels seems kinda silly in principle to me.

 

Has she ever been treated for arthritis? I was treated for arthritis with Pregnisone(sp?). My blood chemistry was all screwed up & I got kidney stones. I swore off the arthritis meds & my blood chemistry returned to normal. Never had kidney stones since AND I had never had kidney stones in my life, before the arthritis meds.

 

Are my wheel covers the same as yours ? I never thought they were very aerodynamic.
Maybe compared with the naked alloy wheel. Actually , I kinda like the naked wheels.
They appear to be black powdercoat. If they were white , I'd probably go naked. I had a motorcycle
with white alloy wheels and they were attractive.

 

Today , 55 deg F in Naperville , 53 in Elk Grove.
35.0 miles , fcd = 65.7 x .943 = 61.9 MPG.

 

I hate any wheel that is powder coated. Edwin driving around naked on his motorcycle could be memorable, but NOT necessarily attractive.
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PS…..On a related subject: Reports that ccp coronavirus vaccines cause testicles to swell? My personal reply…..such, is NOT the case……..unfortunately.

 

I believe your covers are similar, except styled a little differently, so they don't look appear to be rolling backwards on one side of the car. No idea whether they're any better aerodynamically. I think your wheels are the same, except the color.

Toyota claimed these aluminum wheels plus plastic covers are lighter than naked aluminum wheels shaped to be equally aero. Steel wheels with the covers would cost less, look the same, and be equally aero, but a little heavier.

 

Wait , your wheels are not black ? What color are they ?

 

The cheapest Camry Hybrid has steel wheels. If given the choice , I'd get steelies.

 

"Silver", i.e., aluminumish gray, similar to the color of the wheel covers. You can see the wheel color along one edge of the cover's spokes on any 2010-11 Prius with the covers.

 

Gord congrats on the EV, looks like you are freed up and killing it.

Had to make a trip to East Memphis to the Ikea as they shipment with our order was missing a bookshelf. Ikea from here is 2.5 hrs. :0\ Took my car (ioniq) as it would get better fuel mileage and should be able to get what we needed in the hatch. The wife, daughter and myself. about 68 MPG on the way over and 65 MPG on the way back with about 300 extra pounds in the back. We picked up a few more things than just the Kallax (one box). We picked up 2 Brimnes (4 boxes) for the daughter for more usable storage for cloths. The four boxes fit just fine in the hatch area and I lowered the passenger back seat and put the Kallax box there (nice and snug). You could really feel the extra weight in it around the corners.

Last fill up was 6/15/2021
this fill was on 9/11
496.1 miles (149 miles left until empty - didn't want to have to stop and fill up on the way home) - filled in Memphis before we left
8.233 gals
60.24 MPG calculated.
@$3.159 / gal (it was 30c cheaper in Central AR)
14.44 hrs run
5 Pips on the SOC at filll-up
3 Pips on the fuel remaining gauge
62.1 MPG indicated on the car.

Over all MPG of the car 55.9 (there is still only 3390 miles on this car) :0)