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Old 07-13-2009, 12:15 PM   #5
rolnslo
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Fuel Economy Tracking Post

I'm going to attempt to track my gas mileage for my v6 2010 Camaro with the 6-speed manual transmission using this post.

Picked it up with 10.8 miles on it. Full tank of gas.

7-12-09 282.4 miles 13.567 gallons 20.81 mpg (~ 50% City, 50% Highway)
7-18-09 576.8 miles 14.644 gallons 20.10 mpg (~ 55% City, 45% Highway)
7-22-09 847.6 miles 12.859 gallons 21.06 mpg (~ 45% City, 55% Highway)
8-02-09 1107.6 miles 11.783 gallons 22.06 mpg (~ 45% City, 55% Highway)
8-05-09 1441.9 miles 13.972 gallons 23.92 mpg (~ 25% City, 75% Highway)
8-11-09 1750.1 miles 14.178 gallons 21.74 mpg (~ 40% City, 60% Highway, +2 dyno pulls up to 150mph, oil change (Mobil 1 Synthetic) @ 1500 miles)
8-15-09 2079.2 miles 15.424 gallons 21.34 mpg (~ 45% City, 55% Highway)
8-23-09 2378.6 miles 13.448 gallons 22.26 mpg
8-28-09 2645.9 miles 13.190 gallons 20.27 mpg
9-04-09 2964.5 miles 14.773 gallons 21.57 mpg
9-13-09 3262.1 miles 13.887 gallons 21.43 mpg <---- At this point, 151.745 gallons used over 3262.1 miles ==== 21.5 mpg overall ---->
9-19-09 3547.0 miles 14.547 gallons 19.58 mpg
9-23-09 3821.7 miles 13.661 gallons 20.11 mpg
10-1-09 4128.3 miles 14.825 gallons 20.68 mpg
10-7-09 4425.8 miles 14.143 gallons 21.04 mpg <---- Tank of 93 octane
10-11-09 4558.1 miles 6.860 gallons 19.29 mpg
10-11-09 4951.3 miles 15.594 gallons 25.21 mpg <---- Road trip to Austin, TX and back (rained entire trip) <- At this point, 231.375 gallons used over 4591.3 miles = 21.4 mpg overall ->
10-19-09 5251.1 miles 14.651 gallons 20.46 mpg
10-25-09 5514.3 miles 12.683 gallons 20.74 mpg
10-31-09 5795.7 miles 13.312 gallons 21.13 mpg
11-7-09 6080.4 miles 13.616 galllons 20.90 mpg
11-15-09 6377.3 miles 14.091 gallons 21.06 mpg
11-20-09 6648.2 miles 13.407 gallons 20.21 mpg <---- New Solo Mach XL cat-back exhaust installed @ 6447 miles, 4 dyno runs (240.56hp/224ftlb)
11-29-09 6893.3 miles 10.865 gallons 22.56 mpg
12-3-09 7080.4 miles 9.450 gallons 19.80 mpg
12-11-09 7388.6 miles 14.554 gallons 21.17 mpg
12-16-09 7737.6 miles 15.088 gallons 23.12 mpg <---- Oil change (Mobil 1 Synthetic) @ 7701 miles
12-22-09 8045.8 miles 13.693 gallons 22.51 mpg <---- At this point, 376.785 gallons used over 8045.8 miles ==== 21.354 mpg overall ---->
01-03-10 8377.8 miles 15.574 gallons 21.32 mpg
01-12-10 8663.4 miles 13.198 gallons 21.64 mpg
01-19-10 8964.1 miles 13.756 gallons 21.86 mpg
01-25-10 9180.5 miles 10.481 gallons 20.65 mpg
02-01-10 9497.1 miles 14.964 gallons 21.16 mpg <---- At this point, 444.758 gallons used over 9497.1 miles ==== 21.353 mpg overall ---->
02-06-10 9780.1 miles 13.378 gallons 21.15 mpg
02-12-10 10087.2 miles 15.456 gallons 19.87 mpg
02-20-10 10368.6 miles 13.613 gallons 20.67 mpg
03-02-10 10691.1 miles 15.570 gallons 20.71 mpg
03-11-10 11001.6 miles 14.505 gallons 21.41 mpg
03-17-10 11311.0 miles 13.395 gallons 23.10 mpg <---- Have to love spring break...traffic for work is much lighter.
03-25-10 11649.8 miles 15.537 gallons 21.81 mpg
03-31-10 11980.9 miles 14.583 gallons 22.70 mpg
04-07-10 12341.6 miles 15.598 gallons 23.12 mpg <---- Oil change at 12234 miles, Switched to dino oil for more frequent changes
04-14-10 12637.3 miles 13.765 gallons 21.48 mpg
04-20-10 12944.7 miles 13.950 gallons 22.04 mpg
04-26-10 13239.8 miles 13.492 gallons 21.87 mpg
05-12-10 13535.6 miles 13.899 gallons 21.28 mpg
05-27-10 13818.5 miles 14.268 gallons 19.83 mpg <---- 93 octane, New Transmission installed at 13798 miles
06-05-10 14140.4 miles 15.370 gallons 20.94 mpg <---- 93 octane
06-07-10 14449.3 miles 12.693 gallons 24.34 mpg <---- 93 octane, Road trip for the weekend.
06-14-10 14794.6 miles 15.392 gallons 22.43 mpg <---- Back to good ol' 87 octane
06-22-10 15090.6 miles 13.261 gallons 22.32 mpg <---- At this point, 702.483 gallons used over 15090.6 miles ==== 21.482 mpg overall ---->
06-28-10 15368.6 miles 13.679 gallons 20.32 mpg <---- Oil change at 15342 miles.
07-09-10 15698.1 miles 15.519 gallons 21.23 mpg
07-17-10 16011.5 miles 15.256 gallons 20.54 mpg
07-26-10 16337.3 miles 14.807 gallons 22.00 mpg
08-02-10 16691.5 miles 16.013 gallons 22.12 mpg <---- 93 octane
08-09-10 16974.0 miles 13.802 gallons 20.47 mpg
08-15-10 17283.0 miles 15.396 gallons 20.07 mpg <---- New AC Delco air filter @ 17165 miles
08-20-10 17559.1 miles 14.376 gallons 19.21 mpg <---- Ugh...F'ng horrible traffic back and forth to work this week...when does everyone go back to school?
08-26-10 17876.0 miles 15.007 gallons 21.12 mpg
08-29-10 18058.1 miles 8.841 gallons 20.60 mpg
09-01-10 18397.0 miles 15.958 gallons 21.24 mpg <---- 93 octane (just because)
09-06-10 18677.4 miles 12.715 gallons 22.05 mpg <---- 15k service + oil change @ 18441 miles (oops and a waste of $$$).
09-14-10 19012.8 miles 16.193 gallons 20.71 mpg <---- 93 octane (just because it was dang near empty)
09-18-10 19253.2 miles 12.060 gallons 19.93 mpg <---- 93 octane
09-23-10 19641.4 miles 16.733 gallons 23.20 mpg <---- 93 octane
09-29-10 19955.2 miles 14.842 gallons 21.14 mpg
09-30-10 20002.1 miles 2.276 gallons 20.61 mpg <---- 20k miles!! Avg MPH 28.5, 935.956 gallons used - 21.371 mpg overall
10-07-10 20305.8 miles 15.181 gallons 20.01 mpg
10-14-10 20675.5 miles 16.786 gallons 22.02 mpg <---- 93 octane
10-20-10 21020.4 miles 15.609 gallons 22.10 mpg <---- 2 dyno pulls up to 150mph on 10/16/10 (251hp/232ftlb) @ ARD Houston
10-23-10 21212.1 miles 9.138 gallons 20.98 mpg
10-27-10 21576.9 miles 15.197 gallons 24.00 mpg
10-30-10 21804.4 miles 10.663 gallons 21.34 mpg
11-05-10 22143.4 miles 14.347 gallons 23.63 mpg
11-12-10 22459.8 miles 14.330 gallons 22.01 mpg
11-19-10 22786.4 miles 15.476 gallons 21.10 mpg
11-28-10 23067.4 miles 13.298 gallons 21.13 mpg
12-04-10 23373.4 miles 14.500 gallons 21.10 mpg
12-12-10 23713.4 miles 16.218 gallons 20.96 mpg
12-17-10 24033.6 miles 15.334 gallons 20.88 mpg
01-03-11 24324.0 miles 12.796 gallons 22.69 mpg
01-10-11 24641.6 miles 14.815 gallons 21.44 mpg
01-17-11 24945.5 miles 14.454 gallons 21.03 mpg <---- oil change @ 24710 miles, hit 25k miles today as well.
01-24-11 25282.7 miles 15.193 gallons 22.19 mpg
01-31-11 25621.8 miles 15.595 gallons 21.74 mpg
02-08-11 25876.8 miles 12.182 gallons 20.93 mpg <---- New tires @ 25749 miles, Hankook Ventus ST RHO6 275/40R20 all the way around
02-17-11 26212.1 miles 16.012 gallons 20.94 mpg
02-18-11 26335.8 miles 5.153 gallons 24.01 mpg <---- Installed Vararam test V6 intake. Mileage includes idle time & testing drives plus freeway miles out and back.
02-23-11 26524.4 miles 8.423 gallons 22.39 mpg
02-26-11 26672.7 miles 7.393 gallons 20.06 mpg <---- Includes idle time and test drives for revised Vararam intake.
03-02-11 26982.3 miles 14.521 gallons 21.32 mpg
03-06-11 27238.4 miles 11.969 gallons 21.40 mpg
03-11-11 27546.3 miles 13.857 gallons 22.22 mpg
03-14-11 27717.8 miles 7.284 gallons 23.54 mpg
03-16-11 27897.6 miles 8.532 gallons 21.07 mpg <---- Includes idle time and test drives for revised Vararam intake.
03-23-11 28240.5 miles 15.167 gallons 22.61 mpg <---- Oil change @ 28145 miles
03-29-11 28630.0 miles 16.927 gallons 23.01 mpg
03-31-11 28718.6 miles 4.588 gallons 19.31 mpg <---- Purposely tried to burn off as much fuel as possible before going to the dyno
04-01-11 28802.9 miles 4.130 gallons 20.41 mpg <---- Multiple dyno runs for Vararam intake plus putting miles on the stock intake setup
04-04-11 29054.1 miles 11.253 gallons 22.32 mpg <---- Filled up for trip out to C5Fest II, Chandler, AZ
04-12-11 29418.2 miles 15.356 gallons 23.71 mpg
04-13-11 29711.8 miles 11.274 gallons 26.04 mpg
04-13-11 29814.8 miles 4.474 gallons 23.02 mpg
04-13-11 30012.8 miles 9.006 gallons 21.96 mpg
04-14-11 30301.2 miles 12.633 gallons 22.83 mpg
04-14-11 30529.1 miles 9.106 gallons 25.03 mpg
04-17-11 30785.8 miles 11.014 gallons 23.31 mpg <---- Leaving C5FestII, headed to Northern AZ and NM
04-19-11 31039.3 miles 10.635 gallons 23.84 mpg
04-20-11 31385.0 miles 11.541 gallons 29.95 mpg
04-21-11 31624.8 miles 8.728 gallons 27.47 mpg
04-23-11 31986.9 miles 12.715 gallons 28.48 mpg
04-23-11 32363.5 miles 15.500 gallons 24.30 mpg
04-24-11 32650.2 miles 11.066 gallons 25.91 mpg <---- Back from C5FestII - Best road trip EVER!
04-29-11 32968.7 miles 14.980 gallons 21.26 mpg
05-02-11 33172.0 miles 9.259 gallons 21.96 mpg
05-07-11 33649.6 miles 26.533 gallons 18.00 mpg <---- Missing fill-up info, car was at Vararam for intake testing.
<<<<< Missing fill up info for about 2k miles - car was at Vararam for intake design/updating/testing >>>>>
05-31-11 36094.1 miles 13.826 gallons 24.30 mpg
06-04-11 36354.4 miles 12.501 gallons 20.82 mpg
06-09-11 36671.1 miles 14.548 gallons 21.77 mpg <---- Final production Vararam intake installed!!
06-16-11 37000.4 miles 15.454 gallons 21.31 mpg <---- Oil change @ 37032 miles.
06-22-11 37343.2 miles 15.737 gallons 21.78 mpg <---- Back to regular 87 octane
06-27-11 37693.2 miles 15.583 gallons 22.46 mpg
07-06-11 38032.2 miles 16.181 gallons 20.95 mpg
07-14-11 38357.1 miles 14.664 gallons 22.16 mpg
07-22-11 38670.2 miles 15.635 gallons 20.03 mpg
07-27-11 38937.4 miles 12.274 gallons 21.77 mpg
08-04-11 39240.6 miles 15.030 gallons 20.17 mpg
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