| Date |
Distance |
Fuel Used |
Cost of Fuel |
Notes |
MPG(US) |
| 11/08/2008 |
365.5 |
12.44 |
0 | First recorded work week since colder weather has set in. I haven't posted for a while since I haven't changed anything on the car. | 29.38 |
| 09/12/2008 |
407.3 |
13.09 |
0 | 4 trips to work and 4 rips to pick up the boy from cross country practice. | 31.11 |
| 09/08/2008 |
222.2 |
7.43 |
0 | About half and half city/hiway. | 29.90 |
| 09/03/2008 |
322.7 |
12.94 |
0 | 90% city miles with lots of warm up cycles and all A/C. Probably the worst tank since I've had the car.I guess I shouldn't complain though,one of my car poolers has a 2006 LaCrosse with a 3.8 and he says he only gets 25 on the hiway. He does have a heavy foot though. | 24.93 |
| 08/22/2008 |
405.7 |
13.24 |
0 | 4 trips to work and 4 trips to the school to pick-up son from cross country practice.A/C all the way. | 30.64 |
| 07/29/2008 |
374.6 |
11.96 |
0 | | 31.32 |
| 07/20/2008 |
434 |
14.6 |
0 | | 29.72 |
| 07/07/2008 |
359.1 |
11.36 |
0 | Partial A/C usage. Highway miles plus a couple of trips to work. | 31.61 |
| 06/29/2008 |
480.5 |
15.51 |
0 | 3 trips to work plus a road trip to the in-laws in Kokomo. Mostly highway,mostly A/C. | 30.98 |
| 06/23/2008 |
386 |
14.2 |
0 | Couple of trips to work and short trips between my driving weeks. A/C used for nearly all of it. | 27.18 |
| 06/04/2008 |
291.6 |
9.45 |
0 | First fill on a work week. This is the first time I've driven to work this year when the A.C. was used everyday. Still cheaper to run the A.C. and split the driving 3 ways than to not use it,alienate riders,and end up driving all the time by myself. | 30.85 |
| 12/31/1975 |
371.6 |
12.57 |
0 | short trips | 29.56 |
| 12/31/1974 |
433.3 |
13.86 |
0 | 31.26 Work week. This was the last fillup before the hot air intake.It will hold 140 deg. F on the hiway at a 77deg. f. ambient temperature.I also added the crankcase vacuum mod. at this same time. | 31.26 |
| 12/31/1973 |
345 |
11.69 |
0 | 29.51 Short trips. | 29.51 |
| 12/31/1972 |
484 |
15.47 |
0 | This was the first work week after the spark plug modifications. I had used these mods. before for performance reasons on other cars,so I decided to try them for mileage.Seemed to have helped a little.I shortened the ground strap back about 2/3 of the way across the center electrode.With the plug in your hand,wire end away threaded end near,looking along the plugs axis,you will now see 2/3 of the end of the center electrode. Then I cut a 45 deg. angle on both sides of the ground strap but left about 1/3 of the strap straight across. Deburr,regapped and reinstalled. These were the original A.C plugs from 1995 with 40K miles on them. | 31.28 |
| 12/31/1971 |
359 |
11.78 |
0 | 30.47 Work week. I carpool with 2 other guys here in town to work and drive almost exclusively hiway miles on those weeks.Picking up passengers,driving to New Haven and back to Andrews,and dropping off passengers is a 90 mile round trip.I'll call these "work week" fillups. | 30.47 |
| 12/31/1970 |
376 |
13.1 |
0 | 28.7 m.p.g. | 28.70 |
| 12/31/1969 |
367 |
12.72 |
0 | 28.85 Short trips. On the fillups between "drive to work"weeks, the mileage is likely to be any mix of city/hiway. These will include trips to the grocery in Huntington which results in 15-20 mile round trips,pick up kid from after school activities,etc.I'll just call these "short trip" fillups. | 28.85 |
| 12/31/1968 |
319 |
11.43 |
0 | 27.9 m.p.g. I started keeping track of mileage before many of the mods. were done. It's been a while,but I think I may have had part of the grille blocked at this time. | 27.90 |
