October 05 Mileage Competition!!

[vikingrob]

5.000 gal D2 @ $2.699/gal (jug, 9/25) + 5.000 gal B2 @2.879/gal (jug, 10/2) + 4.907 gal B2 @ $2.969/gal (pump)
10/8/05 - Minnetonka, MN - $42.47
715.0 mi - 14.907 gal - 47.96 mpg - $2.849/gal - 5.94¢/mi
1150.7 km - 56.429 L - 4.90 L/100km - 75.3¢/L - 27.09 km/$

Jug status:
1: 10/08/05 5.000 B2 $14.85
2: 10/08/05 5.000 B2 $14.85
3: 10/02/05 5.000 B2 $14.40
4: 10/01/05 5.000 B2 $14.40

10/2005 - Month to date - $107.83 - 20.000 gal D2, 18.580 gal B2
1850.7 mi - 38.580 gal - 47.97 mpg - $2.795/gal - 5.83¢/mi
2978.4 km - 146.041 L - 4.90 L/100km - 73.8¢/L - 27.62 km/$

 

[jnecr]

yeah.... about a thousand a week... back and forth to the DC metro & baltimore... not fun.... in another month I won't do this insane stuff anymore...

You getting a new job or are you moving?

 

[sodapop6620]

HEre is my latest

Sodapop6620
jetta 2000 5m with over 223,000 on it

10/07/05 634 11.813 53.670
10/03/05 182 15.261 11.926
09/29/05 722 1.726 418.308



Oct total miles 1538 gallons 28.800 mpg 53.403

 

[dabear95]

Driver - DABEAR95
Miles - 567.1
Gallons - 13.269
Model Year - 2002
Model - Golf
Tranny - 5 speed
Fuel Type - D2

90% city

 

[sudburytdiguy]

Just filled her up the other day. First fill since installing the 225/45R17's
05 Jetta, PD, 5M.
Took <font color="red">45.371 litres </font> to go <font color="red">832.6 KM </font> Running on ol D2.

 

[Rammstein]

I would like to add that I also beat the 2 prius fellows...

Couldn't resist...

Yea yea....and my next tank is gonna suck too thanks to a 30 degree drop in temps over the past 48 hours. I'm holding at 53mpg and praying for a warm-up in the weather this tank.

You guys couldn't invite us over in June & July when I was getting my tanks in the high 50s and low 60s with my old worn LRR Integrities!?

Don't worry Evan, he can't beat us all.

First Tank of the Month:

Combo of me and my wife driving in and around Lubbock.
464.6 miles
8.017
2004 Prius II
CVT
86 Octane
57.95 MPG (54.9 Screen)

The screen was at 56.2 until cold front came in a few days before I had to fill up. If it had stayed the same temp, maybe I would have gotten my second 60 mpg tank.

Can't have it all I guess...but my last 10 tanks have an average of more than 1300 miles PER tank...

 

[engunneer]

10/9/2005
Driver - engunneer
Miles - 464.2
Gallons - 8.33
Model Year - 2005
Model - Prius (II)
Tranny - CVT
Fuel Type - 87

I hate filling on weekends - bad for mileage

 

[bradfa]

Driver: bradfa
Miles: 681
Gallons: 14.678
Model Year: 2005
Model: A4 Jetta
Tranny: 5 speed manual
Fuel Type: dinoD

46.4! personal best!

did 600 of those miles in one day. . . 300 miles each way for a funeral

 

[cram51]

Year of Car: 2005
Model of Car: Jetta Sedan
Transmission: Automatic
Fuel Type: B11

10/1/05 - 448.8 Miles/10.08 Gal = 44.52 MPG
10/8/05 - 474.9 Miles/11.46 Gal = 41.44 MPG
Oct. so far - 923.7 Miles/21.54 Gal = 42.88 MPG

 

[Hookstra]

Driver: Me
Miles: 800.2
Gallons: 17.9
Model Year: 1996
Model: B4 Sedan
Tranny: 5spd manual
Fuel Type: DinoD C40 + 8oz Power Service

44.7mpg

Hwy commuting = 1/2 my commute is approx 80 mph and the other half might average 25 mph stop and go, 55 miles one way

 

[vikingrob]

10/11/05 - Minnetonka, MN - $33.90
535.9 mi - 11.708 gal - 45.77 mpg - $2.895/gal - 6.33¢/mi
862.4 km - 44.320 L - 5.14 L/100km - 76.5¢/L - 25.44 km/$

10/05 - Month to date - $141.74 - 20.000 gal D2, 30.288 gal B2
2386.6 mi - 50.288 gal - 47.46 mpg - $2.819/gal - 5.94¢/mi
3840.9 km - 190.361 L - 4.96 L/100km - 74.5¢/L - 27.10 km/$

 

[gdr703]

Driver gdr703
Miles 950
Gallons 15.363
Model Year 2002
Model Golf 2 door
Tranny 5 speed
Fuel Type D2

= 61.8 mpUSg

 

[cartog]

It's my turn to pull down the group average a bit.

Date: 9/7/05
Miles: 559.0
Fuel: 12.6 gal B100
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44.37 mpg at B100

I had a few mountain runs which I take as Italian tune-up opportunities. Hardly any AC this tank, though.

 

[Rammstein]

Driver Rammstein
Miles 1397,774
Gallons 25,649
Model Year 1996
Model Passat Variant 1996
Tranny 5 speed
Fuel Type V3

= 54,496 mpUSg

1403,305+1397,774 = 2801,079 miles
25,836+25,649 = 51,485 gallons

54,406 mpUSg

 

[thortdi]

driver: thortdi
2000 Jetta TDI, 5spd running D2 (BP/Arco USLD)

date / mileage / trip / gal / MPG
10/05 / 112037 / 562 / 11.4 / 49.25 MPG (10% city, 90% I-5)

 

[efusco]

Ya'll have to forgive this entry. It will be the combination of 2 "fills". My wife had the car for most of the first of these two tanks and filled the car for the first time at an unfamiliar pump. She stopped at the first automatic shut off only do discover after leaving the station that she'd only filled about 2/3rds of the tank...thus the MPG calculated to 81.9MPG!!

Note that about 75% of this tank was driven on the highway b/w 55MPH & 65MPH with temps as low as the upper-30s and only briefly above 65 (end of 2nd tank).

To the person who manages this competition--I'll put the combined data first for submission to the monthly competition. The individual tank data will follow for the curious only.

Driver Evan (efusco)
Miles 693
Gallons 13.077
Model Year 2004
Model Prius 2G
Transmission eCVT
Fuel Regular Unleaded (87 octane)
Calculated MPG -- 53.0


****For the curious only*****
Tank 1-439miles, 5.359gal = 81.9mpg (display showed 53.2)
Tank 2-254miles, 7.718gal = 32.9,mpg (display showed 56.1)

 

[VelvetFoot]

Driver: VelvetFoot
Miles: 798.2
Gallons: 15.251
Year of Car: 2000
Model of Car: Beetle
Transmission: 5spd
Fuel Type: D2 Sunoco
Cost: $3.079/gal
MPG: 52.34
ODO: 159,874
Date Filled: 8/9/05
Note: Heavier than velvet foot.

 

[watercop]

A couple more fills:

10/5 10.611 gal 683.4 miles 64.40 mpg

10/6 5.311 gal 353.6 miles 66.58 mpg

The 10/6 fill followed a nearly continuous 300 mile run at 1800 rpm / 57 mph with very little AC.

D2, as usual.

 

[sodapop6620]

"****For the curious only*****
Tank 1-439miles, 5.359gal = 81.9mpg (display showed 53.2)
Tank 2-254miles, 7.718gal = 32.9,mpg (display showed 56.1)"

Not to worry I have had over 900 miles at tank. See below, but the next tank really suffered!


02/18/05 miles 20 gals 13.827 mpg 1.446

02/18/05 miles 879 gals 0.936 mpg 939.103

Prius drivers: How much driving is done in town as compared to highway?? I still need to get the fat guy from behind the wheel of my car. He is just dead weight.

 

[sudburytdiguy]

Just filled up on the way home from work.

<font color="red">44.029 litres </font> of D2. Drove <font color="red">826.0 KM </font>

 

[efusco]

Prius drivers: How much driving is done in town as compared to highway?? I still need to get the fat guy from behind the wheel of my car. He is just dead weight.

This varies, of course, for each of us and each tank. If you note I said:
"Note that about 75% of this tank was driven on the highway b/w 55MPH & 65MPH with temps as low as the upper-30s and only briefly above 65 (end of 2nd tank)."

My usual commute is about 1/2 rolling country road b/w 35-45mph and about 1/2 city (not big city stop every block, more like stop every 1/2 mile to 1 mile).

 

[esoteric0001]

My first entry from Oct 4 was never posted.....

esoteric0001
2005.5 Jetta V
5Spd
D2
12.182 gal/481.6 miles 39.53 mpg
(drove faster and used more AC)

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5.5 Black 5 SPD
86 Porsche 944 Turbo...sold!
91 H.D.Electra-Glide 35MPG(Gas Hawg)

"Trust me, your gonna want more cow bell."

 

[TheCheat]

OK, here goes my first entry into the competition for the month...

828.6 miles
18.28 gallons (did a splash and dash to get to Provi)
45.33mpg
B20 in the tank

Car has 165xx miles now I think. Mileage has really shot up since 14k...maybe cold weather, maybe slower driving, maybe car is starting to break in some more...

 

[andrewc]

909 miles / 15.87 gallons = 57.28 mpg

andrewc, 1998, New Beetle, 6m, D2

65 mph (and man is it trying my patience!), 80% highway

cheers, andrew

 

[esoteric0001]

2nd fill of the month
esoteric0001
05.5 Jetta V
5Spd
D2
674 miles on 14.261 Gal 47.26 MPG

 

[jnecr]

My first entry from Oct 4 was never posted.....

Sho' 'nough.. not sure how I missed it, but I guess I did. It's there now!

 

[moondawg]

717.9 miles / 14.906 gallons = 48.16 mpg

$3.299 for Premium B5.

Next tank should be interesting. I had my TB changed mid tank... second half of the tank was pretty doggone good... 1st half was lousy... we'll see.

moondawg

 

[Mike_M]

65 mph (and man is it trying my patience!), 80% highway

It gets easier...pretty soon, it becomes easier to ignore the people passing you, and your hands loosen from the wheel as the stress melts away.

I still have relapses from time to time, but for the most part, I just consider a constant stream of cars going around me to be normal now.

Mike

 

[schultzy]

I don't drive for mileage, I just drive fast. Lotsa city lotsa full throttle. This is the first time I've broken 600 miles on a tank. I think I did a little less city this week....

Not worthy, but figured I'd post it up anyways. 38.06MPG a best tank for me.

schultzy
Miles 602.7
Gallons 15.832
Year 2004
Model Golf
Auto Trans(5 spd)
D2

 

[vikingrob]

10.000 gal B2 @ $2.969/gal (jug, 10/8/05) + 5.000 gal B2 @ $2.989/gal (jug, 10/11/05) + 0.382 gal B2 @ $3.249/gal (pump)
10/15/05 - Duluth, MN - $45.88
734.8 mi - 15.382 gal - 47.77 mpg - $2.983/gal - 6.24¢/mi
1182.5 km - 58.227 L - 4.92 L/100km - 78.8¢/L - 25.77 km/$

Jug status:
1: 10/15/05 5.000 B2 $16.25
2: 10/15/05 5.000 B2 $16.25
3: 10/15/05 5.000 B2 $16.25
4: 10/11/05 5.000 B2 $14.95

10/2005 - Month to date - $187.62
3121.4 mi - 65.670 gal - 47.53 mpg - $2.857/gal - 6.01¢/mi
5023.4 km - 248.588 L - 4.95 L/100km - 75.5¢/L - 26.77 km/$