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May 17, 2009 | 299 | 7.3 | 41.1 | $19.41 | |
| Fuel cost: $2.659 per gal. Notes: Road trip from Houston, TX to San Jose, CA. Fill-up in Los Gatos, CA. |
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May 12, 2009 | 335 | 8 | 42.0 | $16.47 | |
| Fuel cost: $2.059 per gal. Notes: Road trip from Houston, TX to San Jose, CA. Fill-up in Tucson, AZ. |
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May 12, 2009 | 243 | 6.2 | 39.0 | $15.25 | |
| Fuel cost: $2.459 per gal. Notes: Road trip from Houston, TX to San Jose, CA. Fill-up in Santa Monica, CA. |
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May 12, 2009 | 241 | 6 | 40.2 | $12.59 | |
| Fuel cost: $2.099 per gal. Notes: Road trip from Houston, TX to San Jose, CA. Fill-up in El Paso, TX. |
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May 12, 2009 | 264 | 6.5 | 40.8 | $16.50 | |
| Fuel cost: $2.539 per gal. Notes: Road trip from Houston, TX to San Jose, CA. Fill-up in Blyth, CA. |
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May 10, 2009 | 320 | 8.2 | 39.1 | $18.77 | |
| Fuel cost: $2.289 per gal. Notes: Road trip from Houston, TX to San Jose, CA. Fill-up in Junction, TX. |
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March 22, 2009 | 344 | 9.9 | 34.6 | $18.80 | |
| Fuel cost: $1.899 per gal. Notes: It's time to start recording tanks again after a "short" hiatus. |
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February 26, 2006 | 201 | 6.3 | 32.1 | ||
| Notes: Okay, I admit. I forgot to input a tank or two! :( Mileage is terrible, too. Short rides just kill it here at school. |
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November 9, 2005 | 288 | 8.3 | 34.7 | ||
| Strategy: Strategy? Ha! Notes: I love Rice. |
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September 21, 2005 | 225 | 6.9 | 32.7 | ||
| Strategy: Nothing, anymore. Tons of AC and the hecktic college atmosphere don’t allow it. Notes: Welp, this is Houston. 100 degree Houston. My schedule is crazy and fuel economy has tanked. On the upside, I spoke with the Chief of Police for the Rice University Police Department about purchasing a hybrid (perhaps a Prius) for their fleet. |
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| August 23, 2005 | 391 | 8.7 | 45.0 | |||
| August 23, 2005 | 390 | 8.7 | 45.0 | |||
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August 23, 2005 | 390 | 8.7 | 45.0 | ||
| Notes: Okay, I’m gonna be honest. I lost the mileage records for the 3 tanks it took to drive from Orlando to Houston. I’d say we averaged around 45. Sorry sorry sorry! |
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August 11, 2005 | 64 | 1.5 | 41.6 | ||
| Notes: Okay, so this isn’t a real tank. This is called "packing up the car to leave for college and filling up right before the trip." Off we go! |
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August 9, 2005 | 391 | 8.3 | 47.1 | ||
| Notes: Last tank of the summer. Included a couple trips to the dealer. Updated GPS DVD to 4.2 |
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| July 20, 2005 | 445 | 9 | 49.5 | |||
| July 6, 2005 | 382 | 8 | 47.8 | |||
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May 28, 2005 | 395 | 8.6 | 46.1 | ||
| Notes: Guess I better get that gas gauge checked again. It’s acting up even AFTER the "fix." |
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| May 11, 2005 | 285 | 6.1 | 46.8 | |||
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April 25, 2005 | 257 | 5.7 | 45.1 | ||
| Notes: I think my 6 gallon fillups are due to a bad station near me. I try to avoid going there, but it’s the closest around! |
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| April 11, 2005 | 274 | 5.9 | 46.5 | |||
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April 2, 2005 | 382 | 7.8 | 48.8 | ||
| Strategy: See? Tire inflation helps. Notes: Something’s odd. My gauge is continually saying "empty" after 8 gallons are consumed. Either the gauge is still rediculously cautious or the pumps aren’t completely filling the tank. |
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March 21, 2005 | 319 | 7.7 | 41.3 | ||
| Notes: Inflate your tires, people! At 125 miles I pumped them up from 30 to 41/39 PSI. Mileage shot up from 37.7 MPG. Don’t let them drop that low! Got 70.5 back from the gas station, though ;) |
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March 4, 2005 | 331 | 7.9 | 41.7 | ||
| Notes: Low mileage is probably due to the fact that I usually have my XM Radio display on instead of the Energy display. I should check my tire pressure, though. |
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February 12, 2005 | 327 | 7.3 | 45.1 | ||
| Notes: Hmm... no increase in tank capacity since that gas gauge/tank fix at the dealership. I was told to fill up shortly after - yes - 300 miles! What in the world? It only filled up with 7.5, too... |
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February 1, 2005 | 112 | 2.5 | 45.1 | ||
| Notes: Just got the car back from the dealership. The gas gauge does seem to be much more accurate, although when I filled up with 1 bar remaining, I still only got 6.6 gallons in. I also need to disable the seatbelt and reverse beepers once again, after the service. |
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January 14, 2005 | 197 | 4.3 | 45.7 | ||
| Notes: Just dropped off the car for the brake light recall and gas gauge fix. |
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January 5, 2005 | 340 | 7.7 | 44.2 | ||
| Strategy: Huh? Strategy?? Notes: Notes to self: Fill tires. Get brake recall service. Get free NAV DVD. Get gas gauge fix. |
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December 15, 2004 | 431 | 8.8 | 48.9 | ||
| Strategy: Not much strategy anymore. Sometimes I deadband cruise and I usually don’t crazy-speed, but I’m not overly concerned with strategy anymore. Notes: Gosh darn! I need to fill those tires! I’m waiting for the 10k service to do the gas gauge fix... |
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November 24, 2004 | 412 | 8.8 | 46.6 | ||
| Notes: Still haven’t increased that tire pressure, yet... or gotten the gas gauge fix. I think I ought to! |
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November 8, 2004 | 400 | 8.7 | 46.1 | ||
| Notes: School traffic, lower tire pressure, general apathy... what do they all have in common? They contribute to my lower mileage! Yes, I still love the car, but I’m much too busy to strive for that extra 4MPG. My sincere apologies. |
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October 20, 2004 | 429 | 9.5 | 45.2 | ||
| Notes: *yawn* |
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September 24, 2004 | 358 | 8.6 | 41.6 | ||
| Notes: With almost all of my driving being in school traffic, my mileage plummited. Depressing, eh? |
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August 30, 2004 | 414 | 8.8 | 47.0 | ||
| Notes: Oh, it’s officially school time. Bye, bye, fuel. |
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August 12, 2004 | 155 | 3.9 | 39.9 | ||
| Notes: Wow. This is what traffic does to a vehicle, ladies and gentlemen. Sitting in parking lot jams up to 3 times a day now that school is back in session means only one thing: wasted gas. Two hurricanes are headed our way so I had to fill up early. Better luck next time! |
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August 3, 2004 | 417 | 8.8 | 47.4 | ||
| Strategy: Paying less attention to economy strategy... driving a bit more like a normal person! |
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July 8, 2004 | 367 | 7.6 | 48.2 | ||
| Strategy: Take it easy. Anticipate. Deadband cruise. I’ve been watching the Consumption screen instead of the Energy screen lately. Notes: I was over 53 MPG before I brought the car in for its first service. 5000 mile oil change, an alignment (already!), SSD-40D ECU update, and loose screw tightening. During this service my economy figured dropped by 6.5 MPG. I reset, only to find that they deflated my tires to 30 PSI! Raised them to 41/39 but wasn’t able to recover the damage. Aggregate data is as reported. |
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June 20, 2004 | 221 | 4.2 | 52.3 | ||
| Strategy: Slow acceleration. Deadband cruise. Relax. Notes: Best mileage yet, but as this was only a half-tank I can’t celebrate too much. |
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June 14, 2004 | 399 | 7.9 | 50.5 | ||
| Strategy: I’m not in a rush, so I don’t drive like it. Notes: Woohoo. My best yet. Stick the pump in, press. Wait a minute, it popped back up. Pressed. Popped back up. It’s like topping off from the very beginning! Gave my hand a nice workout for about 2 gallons. Pressed the "help" button and the guy comes out. Tests it himself, and confirms that my tank and the pump don’t go like peas and carrots. Fine, fine. I continue my workout and get to about 6.5 gallons. I hear a gurgle. Gurgle isn’t good. Nope. Pulled out the pump. Okay, I pulled out half the tank of gas, too. At least a cup, likely more, gets burped up. Spills down the side of my car and onto the ground. Brilliant. Just brilliant. |
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May 26, 2004 | 500 | 10 | 50.2 | ||
| Strategy: Deadband gliding. Anticipate. Don’t speed too much. Notes: Killed two birds with once stone. My first 500 mile tank and first over 50 MPG. Yahoo! I wasn’t even going crazy trying to maximize mileage. |
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May 9, 2004 | 412 | 8.4 | 48.9 | ||
| Strategy: Driving it a bit more naturally. I think the economy bug finally found another host. I still use technique, but don’t care quite as much. |
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April 17, 2004 | 412 | 8.4 | 49.1 | ||
| Strategy: Cancel energy flow. During cruise, never charge the battery. |
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March 30, 2004 | 368 | 7.4 | 49.6 | ||
| Strategy: Prius glide technique: limit energy transfer. Notes: I thought for sure I’d break 50 mpg this time. It was the last trip that dropped it below the threshold. In fact, I ended up on the wrong side of the pump (oops!) and went down .1 mpg navigating to the other side :) |
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March 10, 2004 | 445 | 9.4 | 47.3 | ||
| Strategy: First half: Use cruise control as often as possible. Second half: Disengage energy flow and glide. Cruise control on the highway at speed limit. |
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March 10, 2004 | 345 | 7.8 | 44.5 | ||
| Notes: Approximated tank #5. I did not record data for the first 5 tanks. |
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March 10, 2004 | 345 | 7.8 | 44.5 | ||
| Notes: Approximated tank #4. I did not record data for the first 5 tanks. |
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March 10, 2004 | 344 | 7.7 | 44.5 | ||
| Notes: Approximated tank #3. I did not record data for the first 5 tanks. |
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March 10, 2004 | 344 | 7.7 | 44.5 | ||
| Notes: Approximated tank #2. I did not record data for the first 5 tanks. |
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March 10, 2004 | 344 | 7.7 | 44.5 | ||
| Notes: Approximated tank #1. I did not record data for the first 5 tanks. |
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February 28, 2004 | 361 | 8 | 45.0 | ||
| Strategy: Brisk acceleration and then cruise control to maintain speed. Anticipate slowdowns and glide to a stop. |
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