Me and my car and what we can do

[md13ffhguy]

I've had a spectacular MPG week, so I thought I'd update this thread and document it here. Not quite sure what to attribute it to - perhaps the perfect storm of ideal conditions? I posted some numbers for Monday and Tuesday in another thread, but to recap (these are all round trips back and forth from home to work - based on the Trip Summaries):

 

Monday: 63.0 mile round trip - 67.7 out, 49.5 back, for a 57.2 MPG day.

Tuesday: Same 63.0 mile RT - 65.9 out, 54.6 back, for a 59.7 MPG day.

and then,

Wednesday: 65.2 mile RT - 67.6 out, 48.1 back, for a 55.9 MPG day.

 

Thursday coming soon - with picture proof. ;) .

[md13ffhguy]

Today had me reporting to two different work locations, so RT was three legs:

 

Thursday: 83.7 mile RT - 64.3 out, 54.5 in between, 55.1 back, for a 59.1 MPG day.

 

 

Edited August 22, 2014 by md13ffhguy

[corncobs]

C'mon just admit it you installed space saver tires all around ;)

 

Very very nice numbers - congrats.

[SteveB_TX]

Today had me reporting to two different work locations, so RT was three legs:

 

Thursday: 83.7 mile RT - 64.3 out, 54.5 in between, 55.1 back, for a 59.1 MPG day.

 

 

 

I hope you plan on sending your MPG check back to Ford! ;)

[corncobs]

 

I hope you plan on sending your MPG check back to Ford! ;)

and some extra...

[md13ffhguy]

 

I hope you plan on sending your MPG check back to Ford! ;)

Cashing it did seem a little... criminal! I'm just considering it a bonus. :)

[md13ffhguy]

To wrap up the week, another 3-leg RT:

Friday: 65.6 miles - 63.5 out, 49.3 in between, 61.8 back, for a 57.0 MPG day.

[md13ffhguy]

Moved my daughter back into college today... ~245 mile round trip:

 

 

Edited August 27, 2014 by md13ffhguy

[hybridbear]

Moved my daughter back into college today... ~245 mile round trip:

 

The pics didn't appear to work.

[md13ffhguy]

The pics didn't appear to work.

Aaaarrrghhh! They showed up when I previewed them... I'll try to edit and add then as attachments. Dropbox doesn't seem to want to play nice with me...

 

EDIT: Wait a minute... they showed up on the computer, but not on mobile (I edited from mobile and deleted them, but I can still see them in your quoted reply... weird.)

 

EDIT EDIT: Here they are as attachments.

Edited August 27, 2014 by md13ffhguy

[hybridbear]

Aaaarrrghhh! They showed up when I previewed them... I'll try to edit and add then as attachments. Dropbox doesn't seem to want to play nice with me...

 

EDIT: Wait a minute... they showed up on the computer, but not on mobile (I edited from mobile and deleted them, but I can still see them in your quoted reply... weird.)

 

EDIT EDIT: Here they are as attachments.

Incredible MPG! What kinds of speeds did you drive? Looks like lots of stopping with all those regen miles.

[md13ffhguy]

Incredible MPG! What kinds of speeds did you drive? Looks like lots of stopping with all those regen miles.

Probably 15-20% at 40-45 MPH, a very short distance at 65 MPH (less than 10 miles), with the remainder at 55 MPH. Edited August 28, 2014 by md13ffhguy

[md13ffhguy]

Took a trip in a different direction than usual for me this weekend, heading out to western MD, from the central part of the state. About a 230 mile round trip and my first time across the "mountains" in this car. (Don't laugh, you guys out west!) Saw the HVB hit 100% quite a few times, from uphill and downhill charging. Anyhow, MPGs were 53.0 out and 52.4 back. Kind of surprised me, because I thought driving from a lower elevation to higher would skew things the other way. I was also a little disappointed that it put a dent in the 55+ tank I'd been working on! Fortunately, I got it back up to 54.5 with today's work commute! ;)

[acdii]

sure rub it in.........:)

[lolder]

What were the starting and ending elevations? Temperature and winds could wipe altitude differences out.

[md13ffhguy]

What were the starting and ending elevations? Temperature and winds could wipe altitude differences out.

Yep. As it turns out, the difference in elevation was not nearly as great as I had always thought... maybe only 100-120 feet higher at my destination to the west than at home. I'll have to chalk the difference in MPGs up to "other" factors - traffic flow, temperature drop, etc...

[lolder]

That's almost insignificant and the hills mostly cancel out. If your 4000 lb. car descends 1000 ft. in an hour, that's 4 million ft -lbs or 2 hp. If you were going 40-50mph which uses about 20 hp on level ground, that would be a 10% change or 4 to 5 mpg.