Tank 372 - 17 Dec 2K13 - End of Year Wrap Up

Tomorrow is the last day I'm driving to work for the year, so it's probable that the mighty Corolla will be parked in the garage until 2014. Except that the check engine light is on and probably I'll drive it to the car shop to get that fixed.

So the other day I refueled at the Sheetz. Since the check engine light was on, I put in super unleaded for the very first time.

The check engine light is still on.

Last winter, the check engine light came on, but then it turned to spring and the light turned off. Now it's back and still on, even in the warm-ish days. I replaced the gas cap but still nothing. The car has over 148,000 miles on it. So that's a pretty good track record without much time getting fixed.

So this last tank of the year, the 34th tank of the year, gave me 36.4 mpg. For the year my fuel economy is 35.85 mpg, which is the worst ever.

I spent $1226.11 on gas this year, which was about $200 less than last year. Gas averaged $3.278/gallon, about 20 cents cheaper than last year, but otherwise is the second most expensive average for gas since we bought the car in 2005.

At 34 tanks for the year, this is the fewest trips to the gas station since the one month we had it in 2005. I am averaging 40.77 tanks per year, so that's good news.

Happy Christmas to all.

Tank 370 - 24 November 2K13 - It's Been a Lonely, Lonely, Lonely, Lonely, Lonely Time

So I added more gas to the Mighty Corolla last Sunday. It was 30 degrees in Virginia, and was the coldest temperature in which I refueled the car this year, and the coldest since it was 28 degrees on 3 January 2011.

So I had driven 393.4 miles and put in 10.455 gallons of gas, making for a fuel economy of 37.91 miles per gallon, also this was my best mileage for the year as well.

That is all. Enjoy the attached picture...

Tank 361 - 12 September 2013

402.6 miles, 11.316 gallons, 35.58 mpg, $3.279/gallon, Wawa near the office on Garrisonville Road.

Tank 360 - 5 September 2K13

I bought 11.303 gallons of gas at the Shell station near my office. It was $3.309/gallon, and I had gone 419.2 miles on the tank, so my mileage was a pretty good 39.09 mpg. Of course, this may be due to the different shut-off point for the different and rarely used Shell gas pump.

It's been a lovely week this week at work, with nice sunny days and not too hot temperatures. Happily, today I brought my bicycle to the office and plan on a long-ish "healty wellness" bike ride this afternoon. So I am looking forward to that.

Tank 359 - 27 August 2K13: The Move Is Starting to Show

I filled the Mighty Corolla with more gas on my way home yesterday - 11.373 gallons at the Wawa on my way home. The car had been driven 404.2 miles, so my mileage was 35.54 mpg. I spent much of my highway time going 75-80 miles an hour. I did this because after my new wheel bearing got installed, the car is so much more quieter than before, driving at high speed is much more peaceful and pleasant. Clearly, however, mileage suffers...

Last time I refilled the tank was a mere 7 days prior to yesterday. This was the first time this year it was less than 9 days. Probably for a number of factors:
1) Now that the furlough is over, I'm working 5 days a week.
2) Now that the furlough's over, the CWS plan is out so I'll stop getting every other Friday off.
3) Soccer season is here, so I'm driving to kid practices in the evenings,
4) We moved about 6 miles away from the old house, so some trips are longer now (some are shorter, but more are longer).

Still, at this point last year I'd driven almost 12,000 miles, and as of today I've gone just over 8,000 miles.

The news claims that gas is 20 cents cheaper this Labor Day Weekend than it was last year, and my records support it. I paid $3.359 yesterday, and last year at this time it was $3.519 the last week in August and $3.659 the first week in September...

Tank 357, 7 August 2K13 - I Have Been Thinking About This for Some Time

I stopped at the Sheetz on my way home yesterday after driving 426.3 miles on this tank. I put in 11.749 gallons, making for a fuel economy of 36.28 mpg.

Gas was $3.279/gallon.

The total miles of my tanks of gas I have tracked is 142,117.5 miles. However, the car's odometer reports 142,180 at the same time. This is now a difference of 62.5 miles, or an average of 0.175 miles per tank. I still don't understand why this difference exists.

One would think the odometer sensors feed the trip meters and master odometer at the same time. Is it a huge coincidence that for every gas tank I have been "THIS CLOSE" for the trip meter to be clicking to the next tenth of a mile? Maybe, but if that's the case, whi is the total average nearly TWO TENTHS of a mile per tank?

Japanese precision, my butt!