Per my handy-dandy aCar app...over the last year:

• Total Running Costs: $5,543.54 (this is just fuel - I didn't enter costs for oil changes, new tires, etc.)
• Running Cost/day: $15.36
• Running Cost/mile: $ .373
• Distance/day: 41mi
• 2013 miles driven: 14,627 (so far)
• Best single MPG: 18.414 on April 19 (freeway trip - I may have entered the wrong odo on this one...the next best MPG is 11.358)
• Worst single MPG: 8.1 on December 1
• Average MPG over last 12 months: 9.78
• Average cost/gallon purchased in 2013: $3.62 (Max $4.04, Min $3.26)
• Average cost/gallon purchased in 2012: $3.74 (Max $4.30, Min $3.29)

Check this out though...is it summer that they put all those additives in? Broken Down by month, average MPG:

• 1/2013: 10.23
• 2/2013: 10.32
• 3/2013: 10.30
• 4/2013: 14.41 (two highway trips...may have screwed up an ODO entry...10.419 if you drop that 14.41 entry)
• 5/2013: 9.85
• 6/2013: 9.15
• 7/2013: 9.527
• 8/2013: 8.99
• 9/2013: 8.78
• 10/2013: 9.40
• 11/2013: 8.85
• 12/2013: 8.37

...no rebound...I think it's that in winter I drive more short city trips (x-mas shopping, etc.) than I do in the spring. We'll have to see...

 

We have driven about 26k this year, with about 4800 of that towing our camper. In 2 weeks we are taking that sukka to Phoenix from NC so add another 2200 towing miles haha.

 

Well it sort of does.. It has 120 to one leg of the plug when it's switched to 120, than adds 120 to another leg when switched to 240.

When I first plugged in my adaptor plug, I got no power. So switched it to 240 and got the 120 at the end of the adaptor plug.

So the adaptor plug I got pulls off the dead pole on the 240/120 plug when it's switched to 120. So, I popped off the pannel and just switched the two hot wires around on the plug on te generator, so now I have power through my RV adaptor cord with the generator on 120.

Here's te two ploles I had to switch the wires around on.

 

And only one oil change.

 

Brushed off 6" of new snow off the X when I got home from work.
Drove around in the expy today.

 

Ah yes, getting a little spoiled by the luxuries of the newer truck, I know the feeling...

My '05 has a lot of amenities that my '01 didn't:

-Heated seats
-Automatic climate control
-On wheel controls for the radio and AC
-4wd
-Smooth seem less steering
-Not mention seats that the were more comfortable

That's why before I let my Missus drive the '01, it sat for so long. Now it gets driven regularly, enjoy your new found luxury my friend.

 

It's amazing how far cars have come in a few years. My '97 Lincoln had an MSRP of $54,000 in today's dollars. I paid $20,000 less than that for my '13 F150 that does all kinds of things the Lincoln doesn't.

 

That's what I thought. Thanks for letting us know

 

It's kinda wierd how they have it wired. The one hot side of the 240 plug is tied in with one of the 120 plugs, the other hot of it comes from the back of the switch to change between 120 and 240. So you can get 120V out of the round plug without the switch turned to 240, as long as your adapter cord is wired right.

 

my friends were both going for that '03 EB Excursion i posted earlier, the guy i work with drove home with it today..beautiful fully loaded Ex..i want the two tone seats and second row capt chairs

in other news, seemed like more people went to work today with the traffic...felt like i was the only person working last week.


then i hit 131k on my way home as expected.




and the BEST part when i got home i found my SD card and extra batterys for my new GoPro camera i got for Christmas came in...i had to go try it out!

 

The expy is more for the missis and the kids. They just happened to not have an excuse to need to use it today.

I have added in the X heated seats, remote start/ alarm so those are really mute points, and both are 4x4
I think the X has pretty comfy seats. I wanted to upgrade the X to leather last spring, but it got the banks headers instead.

Between the X and the Expy it really comes down to a bit smaller vehicle, which translates to less fuel (especially with remote start and running for 10+ mins to warm up) the steering wheel controls, (X doesn't have), and the studded tires I added when we bought the expy which have way better winter traction, (but that is a mute point) Yes overall the expy does drive nicer, and is an easier vehicle to maneuver in town.

What I really dislike about the expy is the lack of being able to turn on the heated seats with the remote start, and the stock headlights really suck. They have really nice f150 headlight upgrades, but the housing is different for the expy. There is really only one choice for the expy by anzo, but I'm not ready to spend $400 on them yet.

 

Hey Russ,

I noticed you didn't use your signals turning right!!!

 

only time i needed it was changing lanes in the round about and i gave it a blink.

 

Hey Miles, where's all the snow? I see the snowmobile in your sig, but none on your last post. Don't you normally have snow this time of year?

 

Yeah this winter sucks so far! Supposed to get a storm Thursday. .. heard from 8 to 18". May be going riding this weekend!