Week of May 28 to June 3 (Nat’l Avg $2.968)

Thank you, Gord. Appreciate your working during your vacation. Haha. Enjoy!

Bill

 

Today , 68 deg F ( at 5:15 AM ) , wind WNW 1. 15.4 miles , 81.19 MPG.

Tank is at 136.6 miles , 77.47 MPG.

 

Watch thread? Well my daily is a rather aesthetically challenged but amazingly free-of-needing-to-care-for-it Citizen EcoDrive.

Oh, wait, we aren't talking about watches?

 

My brother goes for the Citizen, too. Me, I like the Casio Tough Solar series. I can't criticize my wife for buying shoes because I own a few of these watches, analog or digital basic and then recently one of the much-too-expensive ProTreks.

I haven't done any DC fast charging in many weeks. At first the charger was down, but it's now been fixed and I still haven't been back yet. I get sporadic 1/2 hour to 1 hour charges at an L2 charger near work. Very rarely, I charge from the 110V at home. Charging at 110V would take days if I were to go from empty in the Bolt, *and*, it would be some significant percentage of our solar production. So, I leave that home charging for the wife's Prime where it is typically 1-3 hours at L1 charge rates. She can't be bothered charging while out and about.

 

Watches are a rabbit hole I could follow for far longer than anyone would care for. But I'll stick to Citizen EcoDrives because they suck to look at but literally need zero care.

If I come into money, an Omega Speedmaster might be something I buy before a car I care about.

 

I can't , or won't wear a watch. I do own some , that were given to me as gifts over the years.
I find them too irritating to wear. Besides , EVERY device that you see in your home,office, or car has
a clock in it. That cellphone that is glued to your hand is also a clock. I have a lovely pocket watch
that I bought in 2001 , but I don't put it in my pocket with my keys , coins, USB's, etc.

Today , another beautiful day for hypermiling. 69 deg F , wind E 0-2. It rained last night, so
some of the roads were a bit sticky , others were dry. 15.4 miles , 81.65 MPG
Tank is at 168.9 miles , still 77.47 MPG.

 

Nice work, Edwin. You're getting up there in the 80 range seemingly routinely now.

 

Gord, we need (edit: as in the USA needs) those high prices to get people to stop idling their SUVs (and other vehicles). Then again, these same people probably would go the extra mile(S) to get cheaper gas. Sigh...

 

... and speed on their way to the cheaper gas station so they can get to it before they run out of fuel.

(I've read of police hearing that lame excuse for speeding.)

 

Thanks , Bill. When weather is nice like this , I can do pretty good in the morning. Coming home from work , I have to deal with other ,
you know, vehicles on the road , and my trip MPG may be 5-7 less.

Today , 68 deg F , wind SSE 1-4. 15.4 miles , 82.02 MPG.

Tank is at 199.8 miles , 77.65 MPG.

 

If they can't afford to fill up their car , and fuel is as cheap as it is..........
something's wrong. Perhaps their fuel tanks are too large ?

 

Today , 69 deg F , wind SSE 1 , NO highway , no traffic ( 4:35-5:10 AM ).
15.4 miles , 82.4 MPG. Tank is at 232.1 miles , 77.47 MPG.

I am really liking that Ioniq.

 

Too bad it wasn't around when I was shopping.

 

Either they're selling out quickly or there's some supply problem in my area, just from looking in online sales apps. I also see them very rarely on the streets so I'm thinking the supply problem may be more likely. I'm seeing Prii/Prime wherever I look.

 

Today , 53 deg F , wind NNE 2-9 ( headwind ). I made a few mistakes on the trip in this morning , including missing
my first glide op , which happens about 0.7 miles from the house and would carry me about 0.6 miles. When
that happens , I may have to go almost another mile before getting engine to shut off again. And the head wind
hurt my other glides a lot , too. And the cooler weather didn't help. Okay , I'll stop whining.
15.4 miles , 73.38 MPG. Tank is at 263.1. miles , 77.28 MPG.

 

If you thought your fillups we bad...I do this every few days.

But I did at least get a great shot of sunrise over the Chesapeake Bay this morning, near its southern end around Newport News, VA.

 

Sunday , I had to do a little driving. 63.7 miles , 74.49 MPG.

But I also rode the Trek 15 miles Saturday and 38 miles Sunday.