Current Statistics

CURRENT STATISTICS
MAY 6, 2006 THROUGH OCTOBER 30, 2006
Miles Driven to Date: 3,158 miles
Miles Driven per Day: 17.84
Average Distance per Tank: 287 miles
Total Fuel Cost to Date: $420.97
Average Fuel Cost: $3.009
Fuel Cost per Mile: $0.133
Total Maintenance Cost: $2,528.61
Maintenance Cost per Mile: $0.801
Average Miles per Gallon: 22.81

Diesel Fill-up October 10, 2006

OK, I filled up on diesel No. 2 fuel again. Every time I have a problem with Charlie 240, I make the sweeping and inaccurate assessment that biodiesel is to blame. Charlie was having starting problems. No, ordinary diesel fuel did not solve the problems. After a trip to Jim's Fine Car Service to replace the glow plugs (and all three belts as long as we were there), Charlie is running fine again. So . . . here are the latest statistics for the non-biodiesel fill-up.

Efficiency summary:
325 miles of in-town driving

General conditions: in-town with various passenger loads, mostly to and from work

October 10, 2006 Diesel No. 2 Fill-up in Albuquerque
15.28 Gallons @$2.459 per gallon = $37.57
325 miles @ 21.27 MPG - city driving

Maintenance
1. Replace (4) glow plugs
2. Replace (3) belts

New Mexico push for Biodiesel

New Mexico - Governor Richardson is set to unveil a new energy package to include a 6-cent-per-gallon tax credit to gas stations that distribute biodiesel, a one-time tax credit of 30 percent of the cost to install tanks and pumps necessary to distribute the biodiesel fuel, and a push to make every gallon of diesel fuel sold in New Mexico 20 percent soybean oil or ingredients from another crop by 2020.