I bought the car on 12/22/18 with 27 miles on it - and I have yet to put any gas in it. Although it is averaging 30 MPG so far (still the break in period, so expect it to go up), there are other reasons it hasn't needed gas yet.
I didn't really go anywhere during plant shut down so it was just short trips thru town in which I actually intentionally took the long way around (the Hillsboro bypass), just to give it time to get warmed up. I drove it 2 out of the 3 days that I worked at my old job the first week of January, so there was another 120 miles. But last week, starting my new job with the 100 mile days, I drove the truck every day because it snowed/iced every day.
The 20 day plates expired this past Thursday so I got the plates transferred and the new car registered on Friday. It is now good to go until 2020 - except it still needs to get inspected in April this year.
When I got in the car this morning to go to the Winter Storage Party, it had about 209 miles. Even after driving to Concord, then going to W*lm*rt after the Storage Party, it still has less than 300 miles on it. According to the forecasts, it looks like I should get 2-4 days of driving the car to work next week. If the same holds true for the week after, there is the potential that I could hit the 1,000 mile mark in two more weeks.
That's good gasoline mileage, for sure. Your SUV may continue getting worked out what with the waves of snow that seem to be the norm this winter. Hope it (SUV) is up for it.
How's the new job looking, now?
Posted by: Cop Car | January 13, 2019 at 09:16 AM
The old Focus got about 32 MPG and that is why I am expecting the new Focus' average to go up. The SUV should be fine - the real mileage that I am looking to reduce on it is during the summer and fall months (as I noted in an earlier post, in December I had already put as much on it as I had pur on the previous truck per year. I expect the mileage to go down because I will be able to drive this car when it is foggy/rainy out - which I couldn't the old car.
The new job is good. I have been in training all week so haven't actually done any of my new job. Expect 15 more hours of training in the next few weeks, but should be getting more of my "real" job in during that time.
Posted by: bogie | January 13, 2019 at 09:22 AM