FWIW -- 9000 Mile Report 45.6 mpg

Just did the math --

First 9,000 miles -- mixed driving 75% Highway, 25% Local. 45.63471.

Not using any hypermiling techniques -- Just driving the car.

Of more interest to us geeks -- My 10 Tank Averages range from about 42mpg in the winter to about 46-47 mpg around now -- have only had the car since Sep, so I haven't had a summer yet.

High Tank -- 59.1 mpg
Low Tank -- 38.2 mpg

Not surprisingly, these were actually two consecutive fill-ups, meaning, I was probably a gallon short of full on the high tank, and had a service station top it off on the low tank.

Single tank numbers are very jagged -- again, depends on how full the tank is. The 10 Tank averages produce a nice curve.

Data provided for anyone who cares.

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My Speed --

Highway -- flow of traffic in the slow/middle lane. Call it 60ish, except when there are traffic jams (which are not uncommon)

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ystasino @ Jun 8 2007, 05:30 PM) [snapback]458295[/snapback]</div>

Sounds about right, your tires are inflated more than mine. When I've done an entire tank highway, I'm usually 50-52. Which probably means I'm right around 40mph for local/driving around town/short trips, etc.

Also, we had a good chunk of driving in the winter, which steals a few mpg on average.

As they say YMMV