Fuel Economy Log - Week 12
July 23rd, 2006 | by Brian Carr |This wasn’t a very good week.
This past week I drove 345.2 miles, used 11.319 gallons of gas and paid $2.95 per gallon when I filled up, all of which equates to an average gas mileage of 30.50 mpg, or 5.15% above my car’s average fuel economy.
This 5.15% increase in fuel economy equates to a per gallon “savings” of roughly $.15, and saved me $1.72 on this particular fill up. In combining the $1.72 with my previous 11 week savings, I have now saved $62.54 the past 12 weeks.
This is by far the worst gas mileage I have achieved since I started making a conscious effort to get better gas mileage. I believe a lot of this is due to constantly running my car’s air conditioner, twice being stuck in traffic on my afternoon commute as well as a few cases of having a lead foot.
So, hopefully this upcoming week will be a little bit better and I’ll return to the mid-30’s mpg I’ve grown accustomed to.
