Awhile ago, I read a quote from Obama saying how Americans can improve their fuel efficiency and save gas by doing regular maintenance on their cars. Although, I have been taking our car in for the schedule maintenance. I never knew that it could improve gas mileage.

I’ve been using Fuelly to track my fuel consumption the last few months. I started using it in October, which was just around when I last took the car in. My mileage was oscillating around 6.5L/100km, before gradually getting worse and worse 7.8L/100km at the bottom end. Then, I went for an oil change and expected it to be a miracle cure (Obama wasn’t lying was he?) and was a bit disappointed at the result. Although maybe half a litre better, I’m still averaging over 7L/100km.

(this is in MPG not L/100km)

Car maintenance wasn’t the miracle cure, although I have been changing my driving habits lately – faster, less drafting and the heater’s on. Maybe those are the other contributing factors.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: datamining, driving, gas, obama, webgeek