BaBY Fuel-up Log

65.8 MPG on May 14, 2013

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:45:51 -0800

Miles: 747.8
Gallons: 11.359
Price: $4.81

Notes: Usual morning traffic and occasional short uphill trips. Getting colder in the mornings. Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 17C Avg afternoon travel temps: 20C min elevation: 3m max elevation: 163m Using Shell E10 on current tank.

66.8 MPG on April 30, 2013

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:37:41 -0800

Miles: 774.9
Gallons: 11.597
Price: $4.62

Notes: A bad start early on but a 2-week relief of heavy traffic due to school holidays was able to improve overall consumption a bit. Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 21C Avg afternoon travel temps: 23C min elevation: 3m max elevation: 163m Using Shell E10 on current tank.

66.0 MPG on April 12, 2013

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:11:41 -0800

Miles: 756.3
Gallons: 11.465
Price: $5.38

Notes: A few highway trips and test drives by mechanics. Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 22C Avg afternoon travel temps: 25C min elevation: 3m max elevation: 163m Using Shell E10 on current tank.

66.1 MPG on March 26, 2013

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:40:11 -0800

Miles: 420.7
Gallons: 6.367
Price: $4.81

Notes: Fueled-up early to take advantage of cheaper fuel before Easter weekend price hikes. Usual AM/PM peak traffic. Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 23C Avg afternoon travel temps: 27C min elevation: 3m max elevation: 163m Using Shell E10 on current tank.

66.0 MPG on February 25, 2013

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:50:12 -0800

Miles: 748.1
Gallons: 11.333
Price: $5.67

Notes: Lots of heavy morning and afternoon traffic and 3 weeks of going up Beacon Hill Monday-Friday for son's temporary day care. Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up:25C Avg afternoon travel temps: 27C min elevation: 3m max elevation: 163m Using Shell E10 on current tank.

67.5 MPG on February 06, 2013

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:22:25 -0800

Miles: 771.7
Gallons: 11.439
Price: $5.49

Notes: Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up:26C Avg afternoon travel temps: 28C min elevation: 3m max elevation: 163m Using Caltex 95 E10 on current tank. school holidays over. lots of heavy traffic in the morning and last 200km was hilly highway driving.

70.4 MPG on January 11, 2013

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:30:36 -0800

Miles: 814.1
Gallons: 11.571
Price: $5.26

Notes: Best tank so far.. Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up:25C Avg afternoon travel temps: 27C min elevation: 3m max elevation: 163m Using Caltex 95 on current tank.

70.2 MPG on December 21, 2012

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 04:09:28 -0800

Miles: 808.7
Gallons: 11.518
Price: $5.22

Notes: 1st 1,300km (800+ mile) tank. Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 24C Avg afternoon travel temps: 26C Using Caltex 95 on current tank.

66.4 MPG on November 30, 2012

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:43:07 -0800

Miles: 747.3
Gallons: 11.254
Price: $5.15

Notes: Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 20C Avg afternoon travel temps: 25C Using Caltex 95 on current tank.

65.1 MPG on November 10, 2012

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 02:14:29 -0800

Miles: 730.6
Gallons: 11.227
Price: $5.07

Notes: Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 17C Avg afternoon travel temps: 25C Using Caltex E10 on current tank.

63.2 MPG on October 26, 2012

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:26:34 -0800

Miles: 667.4
Gallons: 10.567
Price: $5.30

Notes: Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 15C Avg afternoon travel temps: 22C Using Shell E10 on current tank.

58.2 MPG on October 05, 2012

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 19:15:15 -0800

Miles: 642.2
Gallons: 11.042
Price: $5.87

Notes: Sydney-Canberra-Sydney (695km @ 4.3L/100km) roadtrip with four adults, a baby, and a boot full of stuff... Using 7-11 E10 on current tank.

65.4 MPG on September 28, 2012

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:14:20 -0800

Miles: 648.2
Gallons: 9.906
Price: $5.30

Notes: Lots of traffic at the first half of the tank. Found it difficult to go below 3.8L/100km. Began to improve when school holidays meant less traffic. Also increased EBH time in the morning to 3 hours during the last 150km. Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 14C Avg afternoon travel temps: 20C Using 7-11 E10 on current tank. Filled up for 300+ km trip (one way) to Canberra for the long weekend.

64.3 MPG on September 14, 2012

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:44:46 -0800

Miles: 613.2
Gallons: 9.537
Price: $4.77

Notes: Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 12C Avg afternoon travel temps: 18C Using Shell Unleaded E10 on current tank.

62.0 MPG on August 30, 2012

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:41:10 -0800

Miles: 579.9
Gallons: 9.352
Price: $4.92

Notes: Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 11C Avg afternoon travel temps: 17C Using Shell Unleaded E10 on current tank. Been getting stuck in rush hour traffic more often.

62.9 MPG on August 08, 2012

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:22:09 -0800

Miles: 602.2
Gallons: 9.574
Price: $5.68

Notes: Avg morning travel temps since last fuel-up: 10C Avg afternoon travel temps: 16C Used Caltex Unleaded E10 fuel on this tank. Noticed that an extra morning routine to bring my son to the nanny a few blocks up the road increased fuel consumption on the average by 0.1 L/100km or about 2 MPG. Recently did a 110k service check-up and oil change using Castrol Magnatec 5W-30.

59.9 MPG on July 23, 2012

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:40:13 -0800

Miles: 607.9
Gallons: 10.155
Price: $5.41

Notes: Involved a 427km two-day mountain trip (1,200m differential, temps of between 2C and 10C), which netted 4.1L/100km. The rest(3.75L/100km) is back to city rush hour driving. average morning travel temp 9C. Avg afternoon travel temp. 15C.

65.4 MPG on July 12, 2012

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 04:37:47 -0800

Miles: 351.1
Gallons: 5.368
Price: $5.56

Notes: ave morning temps since last fuel-up: 9.3C ave evening temp: 15C school holidays helped lessen the morning and afternoon peak hour jam. if only it was like this all the time! filled-up early in preparation for a big 600km weekend trip with the family up and down the blue mountains and jenolan valley. makes it easier to distinguish specific tank consumption. missed out on cheaper petrol by just a day! :(

60.3 MPG on July 05, 2012

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 01:39:03 -0800

Miles: 611.7
Gallons: 10.144
Price: $4.91

Notes: colder mornings at 9degC and a bit of rain the past few days, and a few unnecessary sprints.

60.5 MPG on June 21, 2012

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:36:50 -0800

Miles: 417.3
Gallons: 6.895
Price: $5.25