KyotoCar Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Let's give this topic a run around the track. It is interesting to see the phenomenon of personal fuel uasage statistics on many car sites. Who keeps them? Male or female? Which age group(s) does/do it? [18-35; 36-50; 51-65; 66 & over] What percentage of total respondents to this site does? Mainly urban drivers, rural, or combined? Mainly city/town, highway or combined? Daily commuter? Just your smart, or other vehicle(s), too? Another question is about publication of the stats: If you keep stats, do you publish them on a site? Why/why not? And, is personal reporting a valid way to compare, if that's your reason for keeping them? A while back, when it was being set up on the late-unlamented-site, discussion ensued, including ways to increase the figure. Feel free to set this up as a poll. I'm just interested who does/doesn't do it & why. To start off: I don't, I'm male, I'm in the 51-65, combine city/rural/highway. not a daily commuter. On specific trips (Belleville-Toronto return; Belleville-Ottawa return, Belleville-Winnipeg, eg), Belleville-Paris/Brantford, ON return I have, to get a rough idea of fuel usage for these distances. Belleville-Winnipeg cost $86 last July, air full-on, and varying speeds, often pedal to the metal; the distance was a little more than the posted official distance, due to touristing, driving to overnight B&B's, etc. Diesel cost averaged about 90c a litre, though was as high as $1.01/L in northern Ontario past Wawa, before Thunder Bay. At that time, the smart site calculator pegged it at about $75. Quote
Crooks Hideaway Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 I don't keep stats any more, I did for the first 6 months I had my smart. But basically we commute within Edmonton during the winter and also out to our lake in the summer. Basically it costs me about $15.00 - $18.00 to fill up (depending on prices) and that will keep me going for about 1 week or about 400 km's. Quote
spinner Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 I might care less, but I don't want to have the regret of lacking the statistics if and when I could use them. Quote
SmartieParts Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 I don't anymore but I used to religiously (pile up from receipts... waning interest), I'm male, I'm in the 18-35, since I moved: all city, all short, not a daily commuter (previous residence was complete opposite). Quote
mattdaddy Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 I do, for both cars. Male, 33. I use www.spritmonitor.de, MSExcel spreadsheet, and pFuel for PalmOS. I mainly share the smart figures in discussions with friends. I track the new car for comparison sake. I find it interesting, but don't get too serious about it. Quote
FormerEnthusiast Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 Why is this not in enviro-mileage? Eddie Quote
SmartieParts Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 is more of a sociology thread then ecology Quote
KyotoCar Posted January 31, 2006 Author Posted January 31, 2006 Exactly, Mack! I would imagine a detailed survey of smart owners would yield an interesting social psychological/demographic profile. Most of us seem to be urban - at least on this site - and situated in BC, Alberta, & Ontario. An active French smart site at M-B Canada would also add Quebec. Many on this site seem to have jobs in either transportation, communications, or selling. Most on the site are male - don't know if that represents greater male use of car sites, or whether most owners of smarts are male. There seems to be a larger percentage of younger owners on this site - under 50, with many in their 20's & 30's. Does this represent overall sales? How about single vs partnered? Back to the fuel stats: What about the statistic keepers? Haven't heard from you guys. Why so silent? Are you, like E3, only seeing this as an enviro-mileage topic? Any other observations about smart owners? Do they wash their cars more than others? Vacuum out the interior often? Shampoo every spill immediately? We did at first, but find we are treating it more as just the family car - until the crowds gather, which they still do, or we see another thumbs-up from a smiling passerby. Then, we get back to the spit&polish, as a matter of pride - and to 'keep up the smart side'. Now, if the forfour ever gets here, and the Roadster is resurrected - well, I would make sure those little babies would rise & shine each morning in the driveway, for all the neighbours to admire... Quote
Cait Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 I ssort of do. in a rather half assed manner. female 18-35 it depends... some tanks are 90% highway (like when im driving between windsor and waterloo) and some are purely city (mostly in waterloo those ones) my daily commute is less than 2 km if i choose to drive... which is usualyl only for my 830 class on monday aaaaand srpitmonitor! Quote
HIGHBOOST Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 I dont anymore except on long drives.. all highway ones.. Im going to be very closely watching my mileage on my trip to Cali in a few weeks, esp. with the Bio Diesel fills Male 18-35 70% city 30% highway on average. all highway is flat out, 140kph. average tank: 500km city 460+ km highway wash car every 3 days or so. Polished once a month. 40 000 km and looks new. Quote
Speedie Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 I could tell you but it is personal I record etc. and the wife does her part by reminding me. Cheers, Cameron Quote
bilgladstone Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 Yeah, I keep records. I'm kind of anal that way - I have all my receipts and could tell what I had for lunch at Dairy Queen 18 months ago, or what I paid for my telephone answering machine four years ago, or what news stand I got my paper from a year ago today if I rummaged through them a bit. Male - in the 18-55 group Quote
garry stearns Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 Because I use the car for business all receipts are kept and mileage watched. Travel from Kemptville to Ottawa and back daily, plus see clients in the city and country. Just turned over 32,000km (since may1/05) and average 400km per tank. This varies depending on my driving speed. Average 120km on the main highways. This past go around the mileage was not good and may be the weather and driving conditions. 3 litres left, all circles empty and only 320 on the odemeter reading. Thanks for all the info posted......it helps to educate. Garry Quote
MikeT Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 I record mine (am I faking, or not ) because I have had an environmental conscience since long, long before I began to drive in 1977....I've been trying to minimise environmental impacts, and the way to monitor how one is doing is to have all the facts at one's disposal. In the old days, the tune that cars were in was directly reflected in their fuel consumption figures, that was a secondary benefit. It still is to some degree, and anomalies in the car's consumption can indicate a blocked air filter or low tire pressures. I have comprehensive fuel consumption figures for all cars I've owned since 1981. It's great to have. My 300,000 km+ database for the Peugeot 405 is probably one of the bigger records for a single vehicle on spritmonitor. They are not published anywhere, but are on spritmonitor in case other fuelies are interested. For example, I got a congratulatory email from a German fellow fuelie for my 405 records a couple of months back. For the record, my 405 seems to be insensitive to winter/summer, snow tires and most everything. Quote
slimdaddy Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 Mine would be skewed. I have a Cabriolet Quote
imposter Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 For the record, my 405 seems to be insensitive to winter/summer, snow tires and most everything. Not that you really have a winter. Quote
MikeT Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 Sunshine and 13 degrees (yesterday) with the top down is SO boring! Still, the Hakk-Q snow tires should suck some extra fuel, dry/warm or not. Quote
KyotoCar Posted February 1, 2006 Author Posted February 1, 2006 Always nice to read fiction from the Mike on the Wet Coast. Quote
SmartieParts Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 no fiction - it was beautiful on Monday. Quote
slimdaddy Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 no fiction - it was beautiful on Monday. And its even nicer today. Think I will put my top down on my Cabriolet Hows the snow in Belleville?? Quote
IMSMRT Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Wow I have been in the house for a week now and it was so nice to get out in the car today with the top down enjoying the sunshine! S Quote
MikeT Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Always nice to read fiction from the Mike on the Wet Coast. Haha, you're so jealous, it's most amusing. Monday was beautiful cabrio weather and we had a nice top down opportunity this morning too, on the drive into work. Quote
Blair Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 I track milage on all my vehiicles using Highway Manager on PALMOS. male techie 40-50 Quote
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