"Nerd alert" [/Austin Powers]

 

hmmmmm, i noticed not a single gas price of $2/gallon or higher were on that page. You also get to enjoy that 93 octane. I hate the bay area.

 

actually I used two methods..

one is save every gas receipt...when i get it, I write down the mileage and the odometer reading..

the other was to keep my pda in the car and just update the spreadsheet.. I prefer method 1 just because it means I dont leave a $1000 pda in the car... (was $1000 when new.. had the compaq 3970 with 1 gb drive and 256mb on top of blue tooth standard and 64mb ram)


sometimes I show people this just to let them understand that they will never be as psychotic as others... I get mad when my employees put a pepperoni out of place... throws off the look of the pizza...

 

I get over 300 miles to a full tank with driving around town and not really being careful about keeping the RPM's low. Typically I shift around 2500 RPMs to keep the noise down but on occasion I like to give friends a ride A lot of times I stop and put ~$10 in gas and can go over 150 miles before I need more.

I have kept it on cruise in 6th gear on the interstate before and had the fuel gauge just under 1/2 full with 320 miles on the tripometer. I believe a lot of people claim they too can get 30+mpg in the M6 on cruise.

 

Sorry, but that is in miles, not kilometers. That is unless the traffic on I75 from Pontiac to Detroit crawls along at 80 KPH and not 80+ MPH.

Today filled up at 290 miles with 13.4 gallons of gas.
Tony

 

Notice how the price of gas gest progressivley higher!!!!

 

just be happy we dont live in europe!

I love europe but the price of gas there is insane!

$60 a pop! thats nuts!

 

Me too!! (Lid & Catback only)

T/A Gas Mileage/Cost (3/28/02 - 4 miles)

Gallons Miles Cost MPG
11.673 234.9 $19.25 20.1
10.981 213.9 $18.00 19.5
10.630 231.7 $17.00 21.8
11.256 225.6 $18.00 20.0
8.808 192.2 $14.00 21.8
10.768 220.7 $17.00 20.5
11.888 249.0 $19.25 20.9
10.515 217.3 $16.50 20.7
11.426 233.6 $18.50 20.4
10.199 219.1 $16.00 21.5
10.743 237.1 $17.50 22.1
11.153 248.5 $17.50 22.3
10.809 241.0 $17.50 22.3
11.118 228.5 $18.00 20.6
12.061 252.5 $20.25 20.9
12.584 257.3 $20.25 20.4
12.587 295.4 $19.50 23.5
12.993 271.9 $20.00 20.9
11.330 204.6 $19.25 18.1
11.217 236.7 $18.50 21.1
11.807 268.5 $19.00 22.7
12.583 270.3 $20.25 21.5
13.685 288.6 $23.25 21.1
12.433 237.4 $20.25 19.1
13.309 273.7 $20.75 20.6
13.793 292.0 $21.50 21.2
11.495 260.3 $18.50 22.6
11.369 238.1 $18.75 20.9
14.000 302.3 $22.25 21.6
14.566 325.8 $24.75 22.4
10.739 190.3 $19.00 17.7
13.264 241.8 $22.00 18.2
14.534 302.4 $26.00 20.8
12.728 293.7 $21.50 23.1
11.817 270.3 $19.25 22.9
13.748 266.2 $20.75 19.4
13.140 295.5 $20.75 22.5
13.324 284.9 $22.50 21.4
13.829 270.4 $22.50 19.6
14.124 273.9 $24.00 19.4
13.384 268.4 $24.75 20.1
11.562 233.2 $23.00 20.2
12.701 229.3 $24.50 18.1
13.573 276.5 $27.00 20.4
13.070 256.9 $26.00 19.7
12.718 271.3 $22.75 21.3
13.283 293.3 $23.50 22.1
10.469 202.3 $18.00 19.3
11.249 211.4 $19.00 18.8
13.456 263.6 $23.00 19.6
11.761 234.1 $19.75 19.9
13.644 290.1 $22.50 21.3
13.926 304.1 $24.50 21.8
11.038 246.7 $19.75 22.4
11.794 248.3 $20.75 21.1
14.006 296.3 $24.50 21.2
12.639 296.6 $23.50 23.5
13.547 313.6 $26.00 23.1
14.211 314.6 $25.00 22.1
13.615 286.3 $23.00 21.0
12.855 283.7 $23.00 22.1
13.805 329.5 $25.25 23.9
14.393 308.4 $25.75 21.4
13.814 282.3 $23.75 20.4
13.509 271.0 $25.25 20.1
13.781 271.6 $27.00 19.7
14.067 307.9 $29.25 21.9
14.036 298.7 $27.50 21.3
12.505 266.4 $24.25 21.3
13.257 302.8 $24.25 22.8
13.504 318.6 $23.75 23.6
14.160 314.1 $26.75 22.2
11.911 266.0 $22.50 22.3
12.438 273.5 $22.75 22.0
13.447 241.2 $23.25 17.9
11.158 185.5 $21.75 16.6
14.037 286.2 $27.50 20.4
12.624 246.7 $26.25 19.5
13.933 279.2 $29.25 20.0

Avg. 20,828.1 $1,729.00 20.9

 

I usually get about 260 miles to a tank.

 

I have been 335 on a tank. Okay Okay, I drive like a granny. Mine gets awesome gas mileage. I don't have a heavy foot though.

 

BTW mine is a six speed, and highway driven most of the time. I know it gets way better than my gtp

 

Power-to-weight ratio. More power, so the engine doesn't have to work as hard to move the car. Also, the GTP probably weighs more than the SS?

 

For some reason the gtp feels light? I don't know how much it weighs, but it sure is spunky if it is a heavy car. Does any one know how much a GTP does way?

 

And I thought I put a lot of miles on my car.

 

On my trip to San Diego from my home (Bay Area), i averaged 26-27 mpg on the freeway with hatch full of luggage, t tops off, and windows down. I've started to shift at a higher rpm now (3k) instead of 2k and I noticed a big drop, 210 miles per tank mostly city driving. Think I'll bring it back down a little since the cheapest good (91 Shell) gas is 2.39 a gal.