Hows your Avg. Household MPG

greenskeeper said:

public transportation that uses no fuel? Interesting!

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Never said that..........what I said was that her mileage was far higher than the standard low 20's of the Rabbit - I'm guessing (no real way to say for certain) is that given 90% of the commute is by public transportation it would be closer to 100mpg.

I will just use the daily drivers for numbers:

'03 Jetta Variant TDI 5 spd - about 50 USmpg overall, 15,000 miles/yr.
'97 K15 pickup, 6.5 TD auto 4x4 - around 20 USmpg, 10,000 miles/yr.
'91 Golf Country 1.8 gasser, 5 spd, AWD - about 25 USmpg, 10,000 mi/yr.
'90 Miata 5 spd. 1.6 gasser, almost 30 USmpg overall, 6,000 miles/yr.
varioius Kawasaki dual sports - about 40 USmpg overall, 6,000 mi/yr.

You don't want to know what the work trucks and race cars get!

06.5 jetta 44 mpg 22k year = 36%
00 NB 48-49 mpg 10k yr = 17 %
gold wing 42 mpg 5 k yr = 8%

mini van 15 mpg 5 k yr = 8 %

bicycle 8k yr abt 78 mpg-- = 13%
based on cal. cost then converted to gas cost then factor in the distance traveled

weighted avg = 38.75 mpg
unweighted over all avg. of 37.5 mpg motorized
including bike-- 45.5mpg


time to get rid of the mini van---

2002 beetle tdi automatic trans ,,38 to 49mpg

38mpg driving hard combined,, top speed 75--- 43mpg driving calm combined,, top speed 55--- 49mpg @ 60mph ,, strictly interstate only stopping for fuel----- 232000 miles

01 Ford Escape 20mpg
06 Jetta 41mpg
77 Chevy K10 6mpg (tows me travel trailer)

2006 TDI-42ish
2005 V6 300- 25ish
2007 V8 Charger-18ish

Average- 28ish mpg

Avg. Family MPG up 6.7 since 09

In 09 my JSW TDI, Mazda 3, and LR3 had a combined household avg of 29.2.

Now my 09 JSW has become a 15 Golf, the Mazda3 has become a 13 Golf TDI and the LR3 is a 12 JSW, netting out a household mpg now of 41.5 or a 12+mpg gain.

Also cost per mile has gone from a household avg. of .116 cents per mile, to .047. We drive combined around 49k miles. If my math is correct that is a savings of over 3,000 dollars

Of course gas prices are lower now and a factor but still cutting fuel costs more then in half per mile

For 2016, our household is as follows:

2012 Passat TDI DSG
Total Fuel-ups: 21
Avg Miles/Fuel-Up: 577.5
Avg Price/Gallons: $2.26
Total Miles Tracked: 11,550
Total Gallons Fueled: 292.78
Avg Price/Fuel-up: $33.37
Total Spent: $700.69
Avg Price/Mile: $0.06
Avg MPG: 39.4


2004 Touareg V10 TDI
Total Fuel-ups: 22
Avg Miles/Fuel-Up: 332.0
Avg Price/Gallons: $2.22
Total Miles Tracked: 7,305
Total Gallons Fueled: 389.53
Avg Price/Fuel-up: $39.45
Total Spent: $867.91
Avg Price/Mile: $0.12
Avg MPG: 18.8

1999.5 Jetta TDI
Total Fuel-ups: 4
Avg Miles/Fuel-Up: 520.5
Avg Price/Gallons: $2.19
Total Miles Tracked: 2,082
Total Gallons Fueled: 51.00
Avg Price/Fuel-up: $27.92
Total Spent: $111.68
Avg Price/Mile: $0.05
Avg MPG: 40.8

1991 Mercedes-Benz 350SDL
Total Fuel-ups: 3
Avg Miles/Fuel-Up: 427.7
Avg Price/Gallons: $2.23
Total Miles Tracked: 855
Total Gallons Fueled: 39.58
Avg Price/Fuel-up: $43.27
Total Spent: $129.81
Avg Price/Mile: $0.10
Avg MPG: 21.6

CUMULATIVE TOTAL
Miles Driven: 21,792
Gallons Burned: 772.89
Fleet Economy: 28.195 MPG

1991 Mercedes-Benz 350SDL
Total Fuel-ups: 3
Avg Miles/Fuel-Up: 427.7
Avg Price/Gallons: $2.23
Total Miles Tracked: 855
Total Gallons Fueled: 39.58
Avg Price/Fuel-up: $43.27
Total Spent: $129.81
Avg Price/Mile: $0.10
Avg MPG: 21.6

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Can you burn used fryer oil in the 91 350SDL?

coolbreeze said:

Seems like we focus so much on our individual cars MPG, but I thought it would be interesting to see how my families avg. mpg aligned with others in the forum. We all have different vehicle to meet the needs and people in our lives, and this will look at the total impact of the vehicles we use and need or don't need in our family's. This also could be very useless information but it gives us a chance to waste time at our computers.

We are a 3 car family until my soon to be 15 year old gets his license next year.

2009 Jetta Sportwagen (mine) 39.2
2008 Mazda 3 (#1 son) 30.3
2006 Land Rover LR3 (wifeys) 18.1

Average Household MPG 29.2

I suspect this is a low avg., but at least this will help everyone else feel good about theirs.

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It would be great to see your math expanded to include miles driven per vehicle. That will give you a full picture of actual fleet fuel consumption.

coolbreeze said:

Can you burn used fryer oil in the 91 350SDL?

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I'm sure we could, but we aren't going to.

2004 TDI - 5.6L/100km (42 MPG)

2015 TDI - 5.8L/100km (40 MPG)

2000 BMW R1150GS - 8.5L/100km (27 MPG)

Yes, the cars get better mileage than the motorcycle and the motorcycle requires premium.

mike_04golftdi said:

2004 tdi - 5.6l/100km (42 mpg)
2015 tdi - 5.8l/100km (40 mpg)
2000 bmw r1150gs - 8.5l/100km (27 mpg)
yes, the cars get better mileage than the motorcycle and the motorcycle requires premium.

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LOL!

According to my fuelly

2013 Golf- 37.8mpg (lots of towing) Miles tracked- 49,478

2014 Accord 4cyl- 26.9mpg Miles tracked- 8,505

2004 BMW 545i- 19mpg Miles Tracked- 18,570

1991 BMW 535i- 18mpg Miles tracked- 4,943

2004 Kymco Super 9s Scooter- 50.5mpg Miles tracked- 2,000

Household Avg. 30.44mpg

2003 Jetta 5 SP - 42 MPG - 200K
1996 E300 Auto - 31 MPG - 262K

2013 VW JSW 6M TDI = 44.1 AND 2012 M-B C250 Coupe 1.8 gas turbo auto = 28.2

The average of the two is about 36 (but I drive the VW 10 miles for every Mercedes mile)

Statistics are NOT my thing. It's all good.


ez

We've a VW Jetta TDI: 40.2 mpg over 76k miles.
a Toyota Tacoma: 26.2 mpg over about 65k miles.
a Mazda3 2.5: 36-42, 39.9, 35 and now showing 37 mpg on the 4th tank.

Before that, a 240D got 29.4 mpg over nearly 211k miles. Did 31 mpg after timing CHAIN replacement.

A VW Cabrio showed 32.1 mpg.

Ralph - not to be a purist - do your Mazda3 MPG calc's reflect miles driven/gallons pumped - -- - - - or are they from the MFI (on board calc's?)

all the best,



ez

gallons per day/week/month would reflect a more accurate take on fuel consumption

I like the miles/gallon/year metric but I work in km and liters.

Off the top of my head approximately:

My Daily 2001 VW Golf TDI 5MT: 40,000 km / year x 6L/100km = 2400 L / year
My Other Car 2014 Honda Odyssey 3.5L 6AT: 10,000 km / year x 11L/100km = 1100 L / year
Wifes Car 2011 Kia Forte 2.0L 6MT: 20,000 km / year x 8L/100km = 1600 L / year

Yearly average for three cars: 5,100 L / 70,000 km = 7.23 L/100 km (32.3 MPG)

If I didn't have the TDI I would be driving the Honda van as my daily which would change the numbers:

My Car 2014 Honda Odyssey 3.5L 6AT: 50,000 km / year x 11 L/100km = 4950 L / year
Wifes Car 2011 Kia Forte 2.0L 6MT: 20,000 km / year x 8 L/100km = 1600 L / year

Yearly average for two cars: 6550 L / 70,000 km = 9.36 L/100 km (25.1 MPG)

Therefore driving the TDI improves our household MPG from 25.1 to 32.3!

2003 Jetta TDI 43k miles annually 43.3 mpg average 95% interstate at higher speeds
2007 Chevrolet Avalanche 10k miles Annually 13.9 mpg average
2009 Pontiac G8 GXP 7k Annually roughly 16 mpg average
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee last tank 18 mpg (wife does care about this) Not sure how many miles she drives but I would have to guess around 12k annually

1999.5 Jetta tdi 30k/yr
2000 Beetle tdi 10k/yr
2003 Jetta tdi 12k/yr
They average 40mpg.
2001 Dodge Cummins 10k/yr 15mpg