Trip Stats

I like to track stats on my little car, so here's the numbers if you're curious. It is interesting how much of a difference wind makes (42 vs. 30 MPG for the same road). Having a tail wind instead of a head wind increased gas mileage by 40%.

Date Start Stop Miles Gallons Notes MPG
02/04/10 Home Ogden, UT 312.5 9.18 Freezing fog, black ice, and variable speed 34.05
02/04/10 Ogden, UT Rawlins, WY 598.1 7.34 Some tail wind 38.91
02/04/10 Rawlins, WY Longmont, CO 817.9 5.18 Tail / Cross wind in WY 42.42
02/06/10 Longmont, CO Idaho Springs, CO 992.0 5.44 Winter Park and Around Golden 32.02
02/10/10 Idaho Springs, CO Evans, CO 1347.2 9.77 DIA / Around Golden and Greeley 36.36
02/11/10 Evans, CO Rawlins, WY 1568.8 7.36 Heavy crosswind and head wind 30.11
02/11/10 Rawlins, WY Tremonton, UT 1886.0 8.77 crosswind and head wind in WY 36.15
02/11/10 Tremonton, UT Meridian, ID 2164.4 7.87 Good roads cruise control set at ~78 mph 35.37

Total 60.91 Overall Average MPG 35.53