Outhouse Rag

Hybrid Update: 2,500 miles, 46.07 MPG (Lifetime)

I've now own my new car for 30 days and have put 2,506 miles on the car.  I'm learning how to increase my Fuel Economy as you can see on the chart below.

Date	Mileage	Distance	Gallons	MPG (Tank)		MPG (Lifetime)	$/GAL	Cost	$/Mile	Comments			Gallons		$/Tank		Savings	$/Mile
07/21/08	0.00	340.8	-	-		-	-	-		Delivery: Full Tank
07/27/08	346.90	346.9	7.677	45.19		45.19	$3.889	$29.86	0.086	90% hwy - Bruce			15.77		$61.32		$31.47	0.177
08/01/08	666.70	319.8	8.002	39.97		42.52	$3.799	$30.40	0.095	10% hwy - Lisa			14.54		$55.22		$24.82	0.173
08/06/08	1,013.10	346.4	7.004	49.46		44.66	$3.729	$26.12	0.075	90% hwy - Bruce			15.75		$58.71		$32.60	0.170
08/09/08	1,408.00	394.9	8.814	44.80		44.70	$3.669	$32.34	0.082	10% hwy - Lisa			17.95		$65.86		$33.52	0.167
08/13/08	1,657.40	249.4	5.380	46.36		44.94	$3.659	$19.69	0.079	10% hwy - Lisa			11.34		$41.48		$21.79	0.166
08/17/08	1,935.20	277.8	5.388	51.56		45.79	$3.619	$19.50	0.070	50% hwy - Bruce/Lisa			12.63		$45.70		$26.20	0.165
08/20/08	2,165.30	230.1	4.736	48.59		46.07	$3.529	$16.71	0.073				10.46		$36.91		$20.20	0.160

This morning I got 60.4 mpg on the way to the office, mostly highway miles in Atlanta traffic, driving a total of 35.4 miles.  With paying $3,090 more for a hybrid instead of a compatible civic and driving a projected 30,072 miles I will make up the difference in the cost of the car with fuel savings.

you can read more about my hybrid here

Look What Blogging Bought Me! 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid

I’d like to take the time to thank a few people for the opportunity to purchase this new 2008 Honda Civic Hybrid with the income I generate with blogging. I will start off with a big thanks to Rob Gale of A Welsh View, who introduced me to the world of monetizing my blog with Google AdSense. Next, I would like to thank Mike Wilson, VP Business Development of PriceGrabber.com, who took a chance by allowing a small blogger, me, the opportunity to join their affiliate program even though I did not meet the number of hits they required, (1MM+ per month). And of course I would like to thank my beautiful wife, Lisa, who allows me to spend a significant amount of time to blog.