Not Bad, Mike
Jim Knox, 91 Dak 318 LA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 1969 6:49 PM
Subject: DML: trip stats
>
> so for those of you who care....
> the GPS says we had a moving average of 58.9 MPH, covering 2479 miles
> in about 42 hours of driving.
>
> my gas log includes a bit of pre-trip mileage, and skips the last 40
> miles or so, and of course includes any short trips where the GPS was
> off, and totals 2596.9 miles.
>
> In those miles I burned 169.6 gallons of fuel, averaging 15.4
> miles/gallon with a min/max of 13.4 (all of MN, including hard
> acceleration and high speed in u-joint vibration testing) and 16.6
> (westbound, all of Ohio to I-69 in IN at 71 MPH). Dropping 1 high/low
> gives me 15.5 MPG.
>
> <aside>
> I started putting all my mileage numbers into a spreadsheet, and I'm
> about half done. so far the truck's overall average is 13.3 from a
> sample of 34833 miles - the way I wrote in my notebook, I'm running a
> page at a time forwards and backwards chronologically, so there are
> roughly equal old and new samples in there. I like that I'm seeing an
> upward mileage trend =)
> </aside>
>
> US$/gallon averaged $1.731 with canada included, and $1.686 without.
>
> highest price paid unsurprisingly was in Niagra, ON. it worked out to
> US$2.226/gal at present exchange. CAN$0.785/L.
>
> <aside>
> I have enough fuel to make it across ON from Detroit to Buffalo, but
> needed a few gallons for running around in Niagra since we spent time
> and miles there. Between the 20L I bought in Niagra and my next fill
> in Buffalo I put in 22.1 gallons. I've got a "22 gallon" tank, and
> when the truck runs out of fuel it takes about 20.5 to refill (knowlege
> based on experience during sending unit troubles just after we got
> it)...
> </aside>
>
> Highest stateside price was $1.839 in Buffalo on the return trip and
> lowest price was $1.589 in Michigan City, IN on the return (sorry,
> Barry - Gridly, IL is in a two-way tie for second-cheapest with Detroit
> at $1.599, and I saw cheaper-yet gas in Detroit after we bought - like
> 1.539...).
>
> Total fuel price was $289.18. I shouldn't have added that up....
>
> just becuase I can, that makes for a price-per-mile for the trip
> (including my oddball oil change schedule, discluding other fluids and
> discluding the u-joint)
>
> 290
> +22
> ----
> 312
> /2600
>
> = $0.12/mile. not too shabby, I'd say.....
>
> --
> Mike Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dodge/>
> 84 RamCharger 360 (parked) 98 Dakota CC 318 (Fixed!)
> mobile.612.618.4652 campus.585.274.2246 fax.360.364.3930
>
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