Spring Break MPG calculations

[Silentwolf]

Trip MPGs

1. Melbourne, FL to Little Rock, AR (by way of Atlanta and mountainous Cloudland, GA and thru the snowstorm on I-40)

a. Byron, GA 399.1/12= 33.3mpg
b. Courtland, AL 342.0/9.66= 35.4mpg
c. Little Rock, AR 326.7/10.2 = 32mpg

Total: 1073.7/31.86 = 33.7mpg

2. During the week in Hot Springs/ Little Rock

a. 326.2/11.2= 29.1mpg
b. 202.5/6.06= 33.4mpg

Total: 528.7/17.26= 30.6mpg

3. Little Rock, AR to Melbourne, FL (by way of Mobile, AL and all flat roads)

a. Near Hattisburg, MS 371.7/11.35= 32.7mpg
b. Lloyd, FL 377.8/12.1= 31.2mpg
c. Melbourne, FL 297.3/9.7= 30.64mpg

Total: 1046.9/33.2= 31.5mpg

Combined Average: 31.9mpg

[kylemorg]

That's pretty darn good! It must help fuel economy being in Florida, where the maximum elevation change is less than 500 feet anywhere in the state, as opposed to Pennsylvania.

[Silentwolf]

Guess you didn't read the route i traveled...

[kylemorg]

You're right... :( never mind.

[mnstrmech]

lucky! ive been getting about 22-25 mpg or so all winter. im mostly highway, about 280 miles a week.

btw, send some warm weather our way!! we had about 2 inches of snow yesterday and its almost april!! lol

[BobMs_wht2k2]

Ha ha! All we got was rain. I oput my 'kooks on yesterday morning and enjoyed a little wet weather SHenanigans.

[mnstrmech]

and the worst part about that was friday mornig it was all frozen snow!!! almost like 2 inches of "ice"! anyways, its all gone now!