Jason, Everyone at my house thinks I'm crazy (I know that I am) but I will admit that I am anal about my cars. I keep them nicely detailed, do my own maintenance and keep fairly accurate records. :) I still need to back up and edit the tanks for the price, brand of gas and other notes though (yes I have every receipt for each gallon that has been put in the car). I will try to get it caught up this weekend if I have the time. If someone had told me 3 years ago that I could own a car with this amount of room and amenities that would average over 40 mpg, I would have called them a fool. To say that I have been impressed with the capabilities of this vehicle is an understatement. I have told others that driving this car is like playing a video game. It’s a lot of fun and you learn something new every day.
What kind of work do you do that results is such widely varying FE from tank to tank. Your graph and mine are both high miles, but differ greatly in the FE consistency. My commute is a constant 64 mile daily round trip that I drive using a trip profile, and about the only variables are my weekend travel and the weather.
If you think that his MPG varies significantly, chec my 2004 Prius "MakesMeLookSmart". The "fills" in a Prius are highly variable due to the gas tank "bladder".
Fastmover, Most of my commutes are just back and forth to the office. There are times though when a customer calls, tells me to get on a flight to a jobsite and I have to hump it to make the flight. Those cost me mileage. They don't want to hear "I missed the flight trying to keep my mileage up". The other bad runs are some long trips when I'm tired and just want to get home. The speed goes up, mileage goes down but I get to sleep in my bed that night.
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April 19, 2010 | 707 | 15.848 | 44.6 | ||
| Notes: Tank 92 Spring is here and temps are getting warmer. 2nd 700+ mile tank this year |
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April 8, 2010 | 718 | 16.328 | 44.0 | ||
| Notes: Tank 91. WARM TEMPS!!! The first 700+ mile tank this year and it's warm again.... |
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March 26, 2010 | 682 | 16.317 | 41.8 | ||
| Notes: Tank 90. Trip to Lexington, KY from NW Georgia. Not bad weather, cool but not cold |
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March 23, 2010 | 640 | 15.61 | 41.0 | ||
| Notes: Tank 89 Regular comutes but the weather is starting to get warmer. |
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March 12, 2010 | 634 | 15.561 | 40.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 88 regular comutes to work in cold temps |
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February 26, 2010 | 618 | 16.069 | 38.5 | ||
| Notes: Tank 87 The return leg from the SC trip and comutes to work |
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February 22, 2010 | 660 | 15.668 | 42.1 | ||
| Notes: Tank 86 Trip from the Chattanooga area to Columbia and Aiken, SC. Still cold.... |
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February 20, 2010 | 607 | 15.69 | 38.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 85 Mileage is still down due to cold weather |
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February 9, 2010 | 620 | 15.215 | 40.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 84 Still a cold winter and it is killing my mileage |
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January 31, 2010 | 614 | 15.491 | 39.6 | ||
| Notes: Tank 83 I am starting to hate winter and this is shaping up to be a cold one |
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January 19, 2010 | 645 | 16.304 | 39.6 | ||
| Notes: tank 82 Another extreme cold weather tank. Down to 4 degrees one morning and in Georgia, that's cold... |
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January 6, 2010 | 604 | 15.326 | 39.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 81 Extreme cold gets here and kills my mileage |
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December 23, 2009 | 650 | 16.115 | 40.3 | ||
| Notes: Tank 80 and another normal commute |
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December 15, 2009 | 631 | 15.753 | 40.1 | ||
| Notes: Tank 79 normal winter commute |
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December 6, 2009 | 687 | 16.347 | 42.0 | ||
| Notes: Tank 78 Starting to get into the 30's in the morning. Mileage is holding steady and better than last year at this temp. New tires seem to be helping with that. |
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November 22, 2009 | 676 | 16.347 | 41.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 77 Trip to Nashville and Atlanta and std commutes |
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November 9, 2009 | 669 | 16.345 | 40.9 | ||
| Notes: Tank 76 Late fall weather and a few trips to B'ham and back are making it hard to get summer mileage. |
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October 30, 2009 | 681 | 15.941 | 42.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 75. Colder weather and long fast trips are starting to hurt mileage |
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October 16, 2009 | 638 | 15.211 | 41.9 | ||
| Notes: Tank 74 Bad mileage this tank. Had a run to Nashville and back in the rain at too high a speed and the rest of the tank was in the rain. Needed the rain but not the lowered mileage |
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October 3, 2009 | 673 | 14.619 | 46.0 | ||
| Notes: Tank 73 Short fill before trip to Nashville. Nice temps and a good average for this tank |
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September 22, 2009 | 738 | 15.974 | 46.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 72 Normal cback and forth to work with a run to B'ham at the end. Was working on a nice tank until the 70 mph average to the airport. |
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September 10, 2009 | 720 | 15.9 | 45.3 | ||
| Notes: Tank 71 Other than a few odd trips, normal commute routine |
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August 27, 2009 | 716 | 15.993 | 44.8 | ||
| Notes: Tank 70. Still runnig a normal routine. |
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August 18, 2009 | 734 | 16.074 | 45.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 69. Back in my normal commute. |
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July 30, 2009 | 779 | 16.101 | 48.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 68. Back from KY and I thought about trying for 800 miles and said "no way". |
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July 26, 2009 | 468 | 9.902 | 47.3 | ||
| Notes: Tank 67. Short tank as I filled up before another trip to KY |
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July 15, 2009 | 652 | 15.737 | 41.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 66. Too many fast runs on the interstate hurt this tank not to mention the AC use. |
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July 6, 2009 | 614 | 13.916 | 44.1 | ||
| Notes: Tank 65 and another trip to KY |
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June 30, 2009 | 705 | 15.973 | 44.1 | ||
| Notes: Tank 64. Mostly std commute to work. The weather is getting hotter and the AC is on all of the evening commutes and a lot of the morning ones. The new tires continue to impress as the mileage is still doing great considering the AC use. Another 700+ tank although getting that many miles is not a challenge any more as.this car makes it easy to do after break in. |
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June 17, 2009 | 702 | 16.052 | 43.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 63. New tires put on at aprox 100 miles into the tank. Michelin Energy Saver A/S. One 250 mile round trip to Atlanta running 70 to 80 mph and the rest back and forth to work. Not bad mileage on new tires and another 700+ tank |
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June 8, 2009 | 706 | 15.733 | 44.9 | ||
| Notes: Tank 62. Returned from Lexington to Chattanooga and then to Nashville abd return. A few trips to work and the 7th 700 mile+ tank in a row. |
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June 1, 2009 | 709 | 15.924 | 44.5 | ||
| Notes: Tank 61. Normal commutes and ending with a run to Lexington, KY at the end. Number 6 in a row for 700 miles plus. |
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May 29, 2009 | 701 | 16.607 | 42.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 60 and a fast trip to Atlanta was included. Another 700 mile tank and 5 in a row |
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May 13, 2009 | 705 | 15.676 | 45.0 | ||
| Notes: Tank 59. Nice weather and a good run. This makes 4 in a row at 700 miles+. |
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May 3, 2009 | 734 | 16.034 | 45.8 | ||
| Notes: From Columbia to Greenville, back to Columbia, Augusta, Atlanta and home to Chattanooga. I found some non-ethanol gas in Columbia (Mobil) that works a LOT better than the crap I normally get in that area. The THIRD 700+ mile tank in a row |
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April 30, 2009 | 709 | 15.823 | 44.8 | ||
| Notes: Tank 57. Some regular commute and ending with a trip from Chatt. to Atlanta, Greenville and Columbia. Two 700+ tanks in a row. |
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April 24, 2009 | 719 | 15.826 | 45.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 56. Perfect conditions and my second 700+ mile tank. It helps when there are no passengers wanting to "go faster". |
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April 14, 2009 | 617 | 15.533 | 39.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 55 What wasn't very cold was very rainy. This was not a good tank |
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April 4, 2009 | 681 | 15.792 | 43.1 | ||
| Notes: Tank 54. Finished trip to Savannah, home for the week and a trip to B'ham |
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March 26, 2009 | 630 | 15.355 | 41.0 | ||
| Notes: Tank 53. Onward from Columbia SC to Savannah GA and back to Macon GA |
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March 24, 2009 | 696 | 15.683 | 44.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 52 Last part of this tank was on a trip from Chattanooga TN to Atlanta GA to Greenville SC and almost to Columbia SC |
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March 19, 2009 | 667 | 15.869 | 42.0 | ||
| Notes: Tank 51 |
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March 10, 2009 | 642 | 15.261 | 42.1 | ||
| Notes: Tank 50 |
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March 2, 2009 | 631 | 15.657 | 40.3 | ||
| Notes: Tank 49 |
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February 19, 2009 | 632 | 15.481 | 40.8 | ||
| Notes: Tank 48 |
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February 10, 2009 | 645 | 15.646 | 41.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 47 |
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February 1, 2009 | 612 | 15.207 | 40.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 46 |
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January 20, 2009 | 606 | 15.688 | 38.6 | ||
| Notes: Tank 45 |
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January 9, 2009 | 637 | 15.833 | 40.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 44 |
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January 6, 2009 | 675 | 15.371 | 43.9 | ||
| Notes: Tank 43 |
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January 4, 2009 | 499 | 12.735 | 39.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 42 |
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December 23, 2008 | 645 | 15.748 | 41.0 | ||
| Notes: Tank 41 |
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December 17, 2008 | 624 | 15.476 | 40.3 | ||
| Notes: Tank 40 |
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December 9, 2008 | 595 | 15.556 | 38.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 39 |
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November 30, 2008 | 621 | 15.108 | 41.1 | ||
| Notes: Tank 38 |
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November 17, 2008 | 652 | 15.493 | 42.1 | ||
| Notes: Tank 37 |
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November 8, 2008 | 642 | 15.256 | 42.1 | ||
| Notes: Tank 36 |
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October 25, 2008 | 648 | 15.293 | 42.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 35 |
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October 12, 2008 | 792 | 19.69 | 40.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 34 Note added 4 gallons of 10% ethanol to this tank at 3:00 AM in B'ham to get home |
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October 3, 2008 | 678 | 15.328 | 44.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 33 |
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September 28, 2008 | 558 | 12.633 | 44.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 32 |
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September 16, 2008 | 655 | 15.505 | 42.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 31 |
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September 5, 2008 | 653 | 15.155 | 43.1 | ||
| Notes: Tank 30 |
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August 25, 2008 | 639 | 15.075 | 42.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 29 |
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August 16, 2008 | 704 | 15.308 | 46.0 | ||
| Notes: Tank 28 |
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August 7, 2008 | 629 | 15.553 | 40.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 27 |
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August 1, 2008 | 545 | 15.03 | 36.3 | ||
| Notes: Tank 26 |
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July 26, 2008 | 579 | 13.256 | 43.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 25 |
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July 21, 2008 | 621 | 15.346 | 40.5 | ||
| Notes: Tank 24 |
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July 18, 2008 | 650 | 15.066 | 43.1 | ||
| Notes: Tank 23 |
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July 8, 2008 | 682 | 15.603 | 43.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 22 |
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June 27, 2008 | 653 | 15.771 | 41.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 21 |
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June 12, 2008 | 690 | 15.919 | 43.3 | ||
| Notes: Tank 20 |
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May 31, 2008 | 666 | 15.793 | 42.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 19 |
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May 21, 2008 | 661 | 15.486 | 42.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 18 |
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May 9, 2008 | 666 | 15.306 | 43.5 | ||
| Notes: Tank 17 |
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April 28, 2008 | 648 | 15.004 | 43.2 | ||
| Notes: Tank 16 |
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April 16, 2008 | 643 | 15.763 | 40.8 | ||
| Notes: Tank 15 |
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April 4, 2008 | 635 | 15.19 | 41.8 | ||
| Notes: Tank14 |
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March 28, 2008 | 634 | 15.513 | 40.9 | ||
| Notes: Tank 13 |
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March 14, 2008 | 620 | 15.293 | 40.5 | ||
| Notes: Tank 12 |
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March 6, 2008 | 610 | 15.488 | 39.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 11 |
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February 27, 2008 | 612 | 15.314 | 40.0 | ||
| Notes: Tank 10 |
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February 18, 2008 | 581 | 15.123 | 38.4 | ||
| Notes: Tank 9 |
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February 7, 2008 | 553 | 15.039 | 36.8 | ||
| Notes: Tank 8 |
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February 7, 2008 | 562 | 15.344 | 36.6 | ||
| Notes: Tank 7 |
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January 26, 2008 | 576 | 15.263 | 37.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 6 |
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January 15, 2008 | 616 | 15.526 | 39.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 5 |
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January 4, 2008 | 580 | 15.796 | 36.7 | ||
| Notes: Tank 4 |
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December 23, 2007 | 556 | 15.022 | 37.0 | ||
| Notes: Tank 3 |
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December 12, 2007 | 489 | 14.902 | 32.8 | ||
| Notes: Tank 2 |
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December 5, 2007 | 465 | 12 | 38.8 | ||
| Notes: Tank 1 |
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You keep fantastic mileage records—accurate to the thousandth! :) I look forward to seeing how you progress.