Oppo personal challenge: Month on one tank

"traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn" (el-peasant)
09/14/2015 at 06:44 • Filed to: None

I’m gonna try to go from now (Sept. 14) to one month later (End of Oct. 13) on just one tank of gas.

Trips to school and back (22): Min. 136.4 miles

Trips to church and back (4): Min. 40 miles

Trips to drum practice and back (4): Min. 19.2 miles

Total: Min. 195.6, ~200

Average MPG in the city: 16

Fuel tank size: 19.1 gal

Range: ~300 miles

That’s a big difference, but I’m still a bit wary. I probably won’t be able to resist the temptation to drive the Chally to Tae Kwon Do on Tuesday/Thursday (4.6 miles each) or church on Sunday (10 miles each)

I’ll update on Sept. 29, the halfway mark.

DISCUSSION (34)

pip bip - choose Corrour > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 06:49

simple , don’t go to church

;)

Have car, will drive (now has a motorcycle too) > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 06:58

I last a month on a tank most of the time - but only because I commute to work on my motorcycle (or take the train in bad weather), so my car is almost exclusively driven on weekends these days.

Good luck in your efforts!

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 07:01

I did something similar this year...

I got far less kms for my insurance than I needed. So I built a tracking sheet in excel, and managed to keep myself in check. Until last month, when it looked like I was home free. I'm now way over. Just watch the home straight, that's where stuff goes wrong.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 07:04

Good luck. I would love to make it that long, but stuff always comes up and people demand I drive for lunch because I have enough seats (that are not covered in crap, plus I have a new car).

spanfucker retire bitch > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 07:10

I could probably get close to a month if I still lived at my old apartment. My commute was like 7 miles.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 07:12

Good Luck. I barely get about 5 days out of a tank of gas, and I get 33+ MPG. A 40 mile commute each way tends to make it impossible not to use that much gas though.

gmctavish needs more space > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 07:22

I feel like I could actually do this, but it's sketchy as hell since my gas gauge doesn't work. And I use about half a tank in two weeks....

JustWaitingForAMate > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 07:22

My loop each weekday is Home-Work-Gym-Home. - 13.8km.

22 (weekdays) x 13.8 = 303.6 km.

Full tank will get me 400 km, leaving me 96 km to drive on the weekends, which I never use because I walk.

My car has only done 10,800 km in 2 years. That’s 6710 miles.

Viggen9er3 > JustWaitingForAMate
09/14/2015 at 07:31

Wow, low km. Your car could last a long time with proper maintainance

Viggen9er3 > Eric @ opposite-lock.com
09/14/2015 at 07:32

Same , plus trips , plus friends house that are far, plus emergency, plus leisure (mountain biking at mountains) etc

Viggen9er3 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 07:34

This is where future electric cars would help with a bit more range.

JustWaitingForAMate > Viggen9er3
09/14/2015 at 07:36

I was actually flipping cars yearly, roughly 5-6000 km on the clock, this one I’ll be holding onto for another 1 - 1.5 years.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 08:06

One month??? Holy hell, I would have a huge trouble making one week happen, much less a month lol. And my commute to work is only 15 miles round trip. Gas is too cheap to avoid using it! Plus I always need a nice long drive on the weekends. Good luck, you sure will need it.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > JustWaitingForAMate
09/14/2015 at 08:08

I drove ~5000 miles between just April-May this year lol. Less than 7000 in 2 years is crazy sounding to me.

Nonster > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 08:34

damn I go through a tank a week. Both my Ranger and my MR2 have about a 220 mile range. The difference is that the MR2 has about a 8 gallon tank and the ranger holds about 16 gallons

jjhats > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 08:37

even with my tiny commute my focus would never do that....12 gallon tank my ass

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 08:55

Considering im driving to cincinatti this weekend that wouldn’t work for me. That’s basically a tank of gas each way in the explorer

yamahog > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 09:02

Psh, I could totally do this... If I was allowed to use all of my vehicles, lol. Good luck!

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
09/14/2015 at 09:04

I bought a car that was averaging under 2k miles/year.

I generally do about 7-7.5k a year, but I’m on track to do 10k this year due to the aforementioned problems with others. If they even shared driving evenly, it would save me at least that many miles...

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > jjhats
09/14/2015 at 09:18

Haha. I feel you with the tiny commute (which actually makes my mileage a lot worse than it would otherwise be - the car’s mpg estimate is way off due to all the short distance cold engine driving). My car doesn’t even get up to temperature on probably 90% of my trips.

I figure mine does under 300 miles per tank and I seem to fill around 250. According to the fuelly log, 312 is the furthest I have gone between fills @ 27.7mpg. The overall average is 26.8 and the best I’ve ever pulled was 39.6 (all highway).

Mattbob > pip bip - choose Corrour
09/14/2015 at 09:29

Right? Honestly, how does one manage to voluntarily choose church of glorious extra sleep on the weekend?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Mattbob
09/14/2015 at 09:40

easy , be single.

Funktheduck > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 09:45

I think my friend with a V8 grand Cherokee can do that. He walks to the train station for work.

He could, in theory, not drive at all for a month. Groceries would be a hassle but it's doable.

Mattbob > pip bip - choose Corrour
09/14/2015 at 09:47

sorry, I meant, how does one choose church over sleeping in. I just can’t justify it.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Mattbob
09/14/2015 at 09:52

don’t know , never been.

Mike > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 10:23

I wish I could do this.

Trips to college/band practice and back (20x60): ~1,260 mi.

Lunch runs (~12x~3): ~36 mi.

Football games (2x60): 120 mi.

Dropping sister off at school (4x6): 24 mi.

Total: ~1,441 mi. minimum.

Yup, that isn’t gonna work.

For fun:

Avg. combined MPG as measured: 24.5

Gallons used per month: 58.8

Supposing gas is about $2/gal (which is very optimistic), I’m spending about $120 on gas alone every month.

facw > pip bip - choose Corrour
09/14/2015 at 10:34

Jesus has even given you an out:

“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Straightsix9904 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 10:48

In college I could go about 3 months without filling up my tank.

Kinja'd!!!

JustAnotherG6 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 10:50

I carpool and typically do a little over 300 mi. per week. (around 310 till the gas light comes on)

Best of luck!

Will with a W8 races an E30 > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 10:56

22 gallon tank with a 50 gallon reserve and 15mpg average?

Yea, staying under 1000 miles for the month shouldn’t be a problem.

wiffleballtony > facw
09/14/2015 at 11:05

Pretty sure that means you’re supposed to not show off that you’re holy. You’re still supposed to go to church. If you’re one who attends church.

Viggen9er3 > JustWaitingForAMate
09/14/2015 at 14:23

Winner or life, you will save untold amounts of money if you do. Spend it towards better needs.

Meatcoma > traderQAMobileTestAutomationMobileBoostOn
09/14/2015 at 16:04

I drive 110 miles a day just to and from work.

Amoore100 > jjhats
09/18/2015 at 18:58

My V50 has a 15 gallon tank and my dad has been DDing it while his V70 is in the shop...it literally needs gas every other day, but it barely costs $25 at each fill up...