For the year 2008, driving my 1999 Saturn which now has >189,000 miles, with past years' stats for comparison:
2008 2007 2006 2008 delta % delta
Total miles : 24,346 25,847 25,111 -1501 - 5.8%
Total cost : $2,188.79 $2,231.76 $1,942.72 -$42.97 - 1.9%
Total gallons : 686.27 812.14 776.47 -125.87 -15.4%
Avg gallons/day : 1.875 2.225 2.127 -0.350 -15.7%
Avg days/fillup : 5.3 4.7 4.9 +0.6 +12.7%
Avg miles/day : 66.52 70.81 68.80 -4.29 - 6.0%
Avg cost/day : $5.92 $6.00 $5.27 -$0.08 - 1.3%
Avg cost/gal : $3.14 $2.75 $2.50 +$0.39 +14.1%
Avg miles/gal : 35.48 32.24 32.77 +3.24 +10.0%
Last year when comparing stats, I resigned myself to losing a chunk of mpg each year as the car ages. However, this year two changes came into play: first, in March I replaced my clutch, and mpg appeared to immediately jump about 5%. Second, the price of gas became ridiculous; I replaced my already fairly sedate driving habits with new ones, and mpg again appeared to immediately jump about 5%.
For the year 2008, driving my 1999 Saturn which now has >189,000 miles, with past years' stats for comparison:
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At hybridfest last summer, a hypermiler was fond of saying "the smartest computer in your car is the one connected to your right foot".
Adjusting your driving style to be more like a bicyclist (tyres nice and full, rolling/coasting to a stop, etc).
It was obvious the speaker did not know about fixies.
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