Seeking ideas for the next Ridiculous Challenge!

[jpleong]

Hey folks, anyone care to make some suggestions for some fun Fuel Efficiency challenges?

After the 10 mile, I was thinking a 100 mile challenge would be fun. Maybe some top-speed FE challenges?

JP

[jraynor196]

Maybe best tank, how much (MPG) and miles can you get with 1 tank of gas?

What the MID say after 5,000 miles. I am biased on this one because I have get the "B trip" on for the past 4,900 miles or so. About to take a pic before I reset. I think it is around 58.

[Purplegate]

Originally Posted by jraynor196

Maybe best tank, how much (MPG) and miles can you get with 1 tank of gas?

That's a nice challenge, but if Greendriver (Fuelly 61.7mpg aver.) gets into this challenge, he will smoke us all

By the way JP, I don't see you on Fuelly... J is there with his Datrh Hydride,... but not you...

[HybridforCollege]

Idea suggestion:

How about a steep uphill travel with a water bottle in the cupholder so we can see what angle the hill is.(the mid and bottle being filmed by a camera) I say everyone uses like an arrowhead water bottle? Trip has got to be at least one mile.

[Cobb]

Lets add that the car must be driven, not towed, pushed or traillered. The hill must be pointing upwards for the whole trip.

Originally Posted by HybridforCollege

Idea suggestion:

How about a steep uphill travel with a water bottle in the cupholder so we can see what angle the hill is.(the mid and bottle being filmed by a camera) I say everyone uses like an arrowhead water bottle? Trip has got to be at least one mile.

[jpleong]

Originally Posted by Purplegate

By the way JP, I don't see you on Fuelly... J is there with his Datrh Hydride,... but not you...

Well, there are a few factors why I don't post to Fuelly. The first is that I don't usually drive the car during the week. Since I live so close to work I usually walk or my wife drops me off on her way to her work so the only time I get to actually check fuel economy is on the weekends when I drive. The second is that Fuelly goes by fuel-ups, right? I don't actually record those numbers at the pump and since I'm not always the one putting gas into the car it wouldn't help anyway. The final reason is that I post my MID mpg reporting (yeah, a little skewed -I know) on fueleconomy.gov in the "Your MPG" section.

For the rest of you, which challenge should we do next? The uphill battle or the one tank long-haul?

JP

[buglermcd]

I kind of like the max speed one. Show your highes tank FE with your highest tank average speed.