Originally Posted by workingonit

I've had mine 454 days now, and only driven 888 miles, so far (1.95 mpday/714 mpyear). It sits sometimes for two weeks, and once for two months without any usage. The dash display "mpg" has never gotten above 15.7 mpg, since all my drives are short hops in traffic, and only one trip of 40 miles each way (with many stops enroute) on Hwy 377 from Burleson to south of Granbury) to test how it runs (fine, tested up to 90 mph). The wife insists that we take the 30 mpg HHR when we visit her mother (she thinks Premium gas is too much $$).

I've had to reset the board computer several times, setting my mpg back to zero, and now have no idea what my longterm mpg would really be like, and if I were able to get the normal mix of roads that others do, would it be higher? My typical day's drive is 10-15 miles, with 25-30 stopsigns and lights per loop, with posted limits of 45 or so (I'll occasionally get on the highway for about 2 miles, before I have to turn off).

Trips to one doctor's office lets me drive 13 miles continuously on the highway at one time, woohoo!, but the mpg increase I'll get is soon defeated on the shorter return trip, all in congested traffic (detoured to my pharmacy).

The only plus to my "short driving distances/low speed/low mpg figures" cycle is that I'm still on my third tank of gas since I swapped for it, despite the how many extra hours?? I've run the engine in the driveway, while testing and trouble-shooting. Currently, I'm just Biden my time for lower gas prices, so I can drive it more.