193,500 and some interesting numbers

HAL crossed over 193,500 today - and yes, here I am posting again.

One of the few things in life I'm OCD about is writing down every time I get gas. I write down the date, miles driven, number of gallons put in and cost of this gas. So, since I totally fill up HAL every time I go to the gas station, I am able to get a good read on how my gas mileage is doing.

In almost 8 years since I started doing this, I have only missed one gas tank... and that was in 2008 and was somewhere in the 200 mile on the tank range. Otherwise, I have written down every trip to the gas station since I took possession of HAL in late April, 2003. Every one of these is written down in the same tiny little notebook I keep in the center console of HAL.

Any guesses on total amount of $$$$ spent to fuel HAL for 193,000 miles? Answer some other day...

Some Miles per Gallon numbers...the number improves every year - but each year I do more and more highway miles :) Total miles per year according to gas stats...coming some other post. For now enjoy...

Total Overall Average Miles per Gallon since 4/2003: 27.14 mpg

MPG By Year

2003: 22.21
2004: 23.27
2005: 25.43
2006: 25.59
2007: 26.61
2008: 28.06
2009: 28.62
2010: 28.77
2011 through 2/20: 28.90

One-Nine, One-Nine, One-Nine

A quick update today - Hal crossed the 191919 mark on Valentine's Day and has already crossed over the 192000 mark on his way to 200000. Yeah...I was driving 70mph which is the actual speed limit on the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway in central KY (huh-huh). I had also taken a moving snapshot of 191817, but it didn't turn out so well.

I know, I'm a dork...

Hope everyone is well. HAL has recovered from his bout with a broken shoe.

191,000 and New Tires

Greetings once again - from HAL's world. Today was quite an adventure for HAL. A few miles into my trip to work and BAM! HAL's right front tire blew. It lifted the car up a touch when it blew and then HAL took a hard right toward the ditch.

Fortunately, I was quick to react and I was able to stop HAL before we drove off the interstate. I was after all, only going about 74 mph at the time the tire blew.

Sounds like I ran over something...since HAL's right rear tire was also cut. Thanks to AAA and Crowe's Towing out of Winchester, Kentucky for getting me safely to the car dealer where I snapped this photo of HAL in a place where he does not like to be.

So...with two tires down, I decided to go ahead and replace the whole set. So - TripleTred set #1 went 105,000, TripleTred set #2 just under 60k.

Anyhoo...HAL hit 190,000 miles on Thursday, February 3rd on my way to see Heather for the weekend. We'll hit 191,000 on the way home from work today. Wow... I really rack up the miles sometimes.

Mileage by the #s
6,000 miles 01/01/2011 to 02/08/2011
50,000 miles 12/31/2009 to 12/31/2010

Last 5,000 miles (185k-190k) in 36 days at 138.89 miles/day

Last 10,000 miles in 89 days at 112.36 miles/day
Last 55,000 miles in 401 days at 137.16 miles/day

Since 100,000 miles on 02/18/2009 - 708 days at 127.11 miles/day
First 100,000 miles (04/23/2003-02/18/2009) took 2130 days or about 47 miles/day
First 30,500 miles (04/23/2003-11/05/2005) took 927 days or 32.9 miles/day

The 200,000 Mile estimator
at 125 miles/day = April 21, 2011
at 150 miles/day = April 9, 2011

185,000 and Falling Just Short in 2010...

HAL crossed the 185,000 mark on Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 while he and I were making our way back home from his 10th oil change and 5th tire rotation of the year. Yes... 10 oil changes in 12 months.

On the slightly disappointing side of things - on 12/31/2009 when HAL got his recent set of tires, he exited the tire dealership at 135,652. At the end of today, 12/31/2010 - HAL will be at 185,350-ish. So we will fall just a couple hundred miles short of 50,000 miles for the calendar year. If it were under 100 miles, I might have gone on a mini-roadie tonight...but for 300 miles, I will not have that kind of time.

As a feeler...I feel a little disappointed in myself to get that close and not cross the 50,000 mile mark for 2010. If I were a planner...I would have seen that coming and made a few extra trips to somewhere for no reason - just to chalk up the miles.

Oh well - Happy 2011 and here's to another full year of life on the road with HAL and another shot at 50,000 miles for the calendar year.

Mileage by the #s
50,000 miles since 12/31/2009

Last 5,000 miles in 51 days at 98.03 miles/day

Note: 17 days of that last 51, HAL sat in the garage in KY while I was in a rental car in KC. So really - the last 5,000 miles was driven in 34 days at 147.05 miles/day.

Last 10,000 miles in 93 days at 107.52 miles/day
Last 50,000 miles in 365 days at 136.98 miles/day

Since 100,000 miles on 02/18/2009 - 672 days at 126.48 miles/day
First 100,000 miles (04/23/2003-02/18/2009) took 2130 days or about 47 miles/day
First 30,500 miles (04/23/2003-11/05/2005) took 927 days or 32.9 miles/day

The 200,000 Mile estimator
at 125 miles/day = April 30, 2011
at 150 miles/day = April 10, 2011