So I had a road trip today about 2.5 hours out of town.
Like any good hypermiler, I wanted to run it down to the absolute minimum before fueling up - so at range of 19 miles I checked the nav system and saw there was one in about 14 miles, so I passed the gas stations and kept going.
I finally got into 9 miles left, and gave in - navigating to the closest gas station as indicated by the nav.
When I got there, I was horrified to discover it was closed for renovations! All pumps had plastic on the handles. I checked for the next closest station: 6.6 miles away. Current range indicated in the car: 2!
So now I am sweating it. The range quickly dropped to 0 and stayed there for what seemed like an eternity while I held my breath and hoped it would make it to the next station.
To my great relief, I made it! And interestingly enough, it would only accept 9.8 gallons of fuel which would seem to indicate there was another .8 gallons left, right? I guess the indicated range is very pessimistic!
After I fueled up, I got the best mileage I have ever seen on the car:
Like any good hypermiler, I wanted to run it down to the absolute minimum before fueling up - so at range of 19 miles I checked the nav system and saw there was one in about 14 miles, so I passed the gas stations and kept going.
I finally got into 9 miles left, and gave in - navigating to the closest gas station as indicated by the nav.
When I got there, I was horrified to discover it was closed for renovations! All pumps had plastic on the handles. I checked for the next closest station: 6.6 miles away. Current range indicated in the car: 2!
So now I am sweating it. The range quickly dropped to 0 and stayed there for what seemed like an eternity while I held my breath and hoped it would make it to the next station.
To my great relief, I made it! And interestingly enough, it would only accept 9.8 gallons of fuel which would seem to indicate there was another .8 gallons left, right? I guess the indicated range is very pessimistic!
After I fueled up, I got the best mileage I have ever seen on the car: