Texas has always been a total see-saw for winter temperatures. It's a battle of the air masses - freezing one day, then warm for a few, then another freeze. We're warm right now, nearly 70F. 51.4 / 4.3 to work this morning, kids have the day off school.
Texas.... has terrains next to the warm Caribbean Sea, AND 5000 foot territories, open to Arctic blasts. Latitude ranges from 26Deg to 36Deg. help spread temperatures around, too.
Today , 35 deg F in Naperville and Elk Grove. A WNW wind of 17-18 MPH helped me part of the way. 35.1 miles , 58.2 MPG. Tank is at 41.4 miles , 576 remaining , 58.6 MPG.
Warm weather here, but my driving didn't use its full potential. 49.2 / 5.3 - home, with some angry driving. Stupid other drivers got me worked up. 42.6 / 11.4 - this morning. It was a big circus show getting everyone out the door. Had to backtrack a minute down the road because someone was missing a shoe!
Today , 18 deg F in Naperville and 16 in Elk Grove. A NNW wind of 7 MPH was in my face for 2/3 of the way. 35.1 miles , 53.7 MPG. Not so great.
Our temps dropped from 70 to mid 40's. 44.9 / 5.3 - home with a stiff headwind from the north 54.2 / 5.7 - out to band practice 46.6 / 5.3 - home, headwind 48.5 / 11.4 - this morning to school and then work Tank is up a bit to 46.6 / 202 mi. F__\__|____E
Going home last Thursday, 3UP, detour #2, very busy, 43°F, 39.9 / 20.9 On vacation Friday so went to mother's, 50°F: 51.8 / 4.3 then on to gas station to fill up early as I had a money off coupon and couldn't get to vacation accommodation and back with remaining gas: 38.4/ 6.1 Tank Stats Miles on tank: 364.0 GallsUS: 8.72 Calc. MPG : 41.75mpgUS - just scraped over 50mpgUK @ 50.14! Calc. Range: 203.1 miles (allowing for extra in tank) FCD Range: 210 FCD MPG : 44.21 MPG (5.90% over-report) UG MPG : 44.94 MPG (7.63% over-report) No. of trips: 19 Average trip length: 19.2 Average speed 27mph Driving time on tank: 13hrs 19mins Days since last fill: 16 Commuting: 84.3% Ave. Temperature: 43.4°F Ave. no. of people in car: 2.61 Pmpg for the tank: 109.2 I'll tweak the FCD over-report for tank 62 up to 5.3% and adjust the indicated numbers down by that going forward. Short hop from gas station to home, schools were out so too busy for decent numbers: 37.7 / 2.0 Saturday morning, went to Whitby for a few days, 3UP, 41 to 52°F, strong cross/tailwind then tailwind SW25 with gusts over 50 : 49.7 / 104.5 - straight into the town for a wander round. Town uphill and headwind to accommodation: 28.4 / 7.4 Various trips over the next 2 days - remaining very windy and very steep hills (25% and 33% grade) - not great for mpg! 49.4 / 4.9 29.3 / 3.7 31.4 / 7.5 53.9 / 4.0 40.8 / 5.5 32.7 / 5.3 Going home Tuesday morning, cold start, 37 rising to 46°F, strong headwind for first 64 miles then head/crosswind SW20: 48.1 / 105.4 New tank @ 46.3 (FCD 48.7) . Range 390 . Guess gauge F__««|««««E . UG at 46.2 / DTE 373 Short week at work and car pooler's turn to drive.
After a rainy lowland & snowy mountain beginning, February is having wonderful days right now. Went for a low-land hike (staying below the snow). Spectacular views of the snowy mountains, from 1000 foot altitude.
In our high-priced Seattle-Everett area, 87 octane E10 has been stable, but around $2.95 & higher. In a lower priced area outside our region, 87 octane E10 is $2.55 & higher. Over in Idaho, 87 octane E10 has dropped to, as low as $2.28.
87 E10 has been around $2.759 at Top-Tier stations in the Naperville-Aurora area. Way too cheap , IMHO ( as I look at all the land yachts zooming past me on the highway ). Yesterday , drove home from work , 32.6 miles , 63.1 MPG. No highway. Warmer temps helped also.
Didn't drive Sunday , except to go to GF's house in the morning. Today , 36 deg F in Woodridge , 35 in Elk Grove , wind NNE6. 23.3 miles , 69.8 MPG. Tank is at 355.6 miles , 214 remaining , 58.8 MPG. Expecting snow today and a lot more tonight. Oh boy.
Busy weekend. Had an event in Dallas on Friday. That's 130 miles away. Highway driving (75mph limit ). I didn't quite do that, but it was way too fast. Then in Dallas I got to drive in rush hour both arriving and leaving. 37.2 mpg going there. 42.1 home I filled halfway home. Worst tank ever. 42.76 mpg / 447 miles This morning I'm sitting at 44.6 / 115 mi, half of that from the trip.
That’s a bad one for you Andrew - it can only improve Saturday went 3UP to Lincoln for the day, 48°F and raining going but a decent trip with a 19mph tailwind from W: 50.8 / 29.8 Much busier coming back and headwind W17, 51°F and sunny: 42.1 / 29.5 My turn to drive so Monday was 3UP, motorway route, raining 39°F, cross/tailwind SW14: 41.1 / 23.0 Going home 3UP, made it to motorway so no detours! - some crawling traffic, 46°F, crosswind W18: 41.6 / 22.4 This morning, 3UP, motorway route, raining 37°F, cross W9: 42.9 / 22.6 Tank down 1.1 at 45.2 (FCD 47.6) / 377.5 / Range 230 . Guess gauge F____|««««E . UG down 0.7 at 45.5 / DTE 237 Half tank @ 355 miles
49.2 home last night 53 out to a movie 47.8 home 46.1 to school and work today. Hit most of the red lights. Tank is up to 45.6 / 165 mi.
