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Last week, I took a 2700 mile roadtrip from Dallas to Pleasant Hill, NC, to participate in an Airgun Field Target National Championship.
Took 4-1/4 tanks of Premium roundtrip. One tank (of BP) along I-20 yielded my best fuel mileage yet, 35.1 mpg. Eventually we logged 650 miles on this tank... (Picture taken part way through)
On the return trip, we decided to drive straight through from nearly the east coast back to Dallas. Including stops to eat, buy gas, and chinese fire drill among drivers, we got this mileage for 20-1/2 hours driving... (This photo at journey's end)
Ah, thanks for asking. the American Airgun Field Target Association National Championship is held every year in Oct. Last year it was in Phoenix AZ, At this National Championship in Pleasant Hill, NC, there were 110 airgun shooters from 36 states, Puerto Rico and Brazil.
I won 6th place in my Rifle Division, and 2nd place in the premiere Pistol Division.
Well I got worse than that with my 320 Bluetec yesterday. But I was towing small trailer ... still averaging higher speed than OP.
Still made 580 miles before had to add fuel.
There is no limit on those cars what grandma driving can do.
2698 total miles, divided by 82.275 Gallons = 32.79 Avg. MPG
Average miles per tank = 634.823.
Originally Posted by kajtek1
Well I got worse than that with my 320 Bluetec yesterday. But I was towing small trailer ... still averaging higher speed than OP.
Still made 580 miles before had to add fuel.
There is no limit on those cars what grandma driving can do.
On that 1318 mile trip home (pictured above), I had to make a 2:30am stop outside Buford, GA, at a Convenience store selling SHELL gasoline. Had run 645 miles that tank, had just 20 miles range left, and Comand NAVI said next gas was 20 miles distant. So at that hour I did not want to gamble.
Store was closed, but the pumps were open. All but the Diesel pump, because there wasn't a diesel pump. Glad I was NOT driving a diesel vehicle.
Sure, with diesel you could go to next city 150 miles farther and still have 50 miles to empty
So, you drive that extra 150-175 miles, pull into the only station at the freeway exit, and find that among it's four pumps (only), none are diesel. And the next station is still 20-30 (diesel) miles away. Same situation. No wait... worse, since there's no guarantee the next station will have diesel, either....
Let's not get into a running debate about this. I have nothing against diesel, and have contemplated buying one... until I run into situations like this which remind me why I don't. By now, one would think that every station has at least one diesel pump, but no...
Further, I like truck stops, because they turn over their gasoline and diesel stock faster than regular stations, so tend to have fewer fuel quality issues. But you pass 10-20 gasoline stations before you reach a truck stop. At least they now separate the car traffic from the 18-wheeler traffic, so you don't have to waste time in line watching toothless Joe pump 200 gallons of diesel into his big rig. And don't think for a minute that the car and truck traffic is separated for your convenience. My bro-in-law used to be a district manager for a large truck stop chain. He tells me the big rig guys don't want any puny 2-axle vehicles using "their" diesel pumps.
I did fuel my MB at truck stops all the time before they switched to B20.
But FYI there are 2 types of truck stops
1. fuel station only where you will find lowest prices for the region.
2. truck STOP, with showers, entertainment and restaurants, in addition of acres of parking where truckers can spend the mandatory days off and fuel is more expensive.
The whole idea of driving diesel is that you fuel when you find good price, not when you run low. With 700 - 800 miles radius you have lot of choices to take.
Coming to San Francisco area, where diesel is almost dollar more than in Las Vegas, I took 4 cans of fuel with me.
This way I will avoid fueling in CA having enough fuel for local drive and return home.
Last week, I took a 2700 mile roadtrip from Dallas to Pleasant Hill, NC, to participate in an Airgun Field Target National Championship.
Took 4-1/4 tanks of Premium roundtrip. One tank (of BP) along I-20 yielded my best fuel mileage yet, 35.1 mpg. Eventually we logged 650 miles on this tank... (Picture taken part way through)
On the return trip, we decided to drive straight through from nearly the east coast back to Dallas. Including stops to eat, buy gas, and chinese fire drill among drivers, we got this mileage for 20-1/2 hours driving... (This photo at journey's end)
10-11-2018, 09:39 PM
Mileage: Dallas to N. Carolina and Back
