MDClarity07
New Member
Hi all,
I think I have a pretty unique situation that I wanted to share with my Clarity, that may be of interest. I am leasing (acquired 3/30/19). I have the opportunity to charge for free at work (round trip commute is about 15 miles including a school pickup/dropoff). I actually can't charge the car at home, as I rent in a townhouse development where my unit is offset from the parking area, where there are no available plugs except on other people's units. I have occasionally paid a few bucks to charge elsewhere at public chargers but I'd guess that total expenditure has been under $25 since I've had the car, and that's a high estimate. If I get below 25% battery I'll just stick it on HV mode until I can charge again at work. On long trips, I just use HV mode, starting out with a high battery percentage.
Here's my tracking spreadsheet as a screenshot. I've recorded the gas price, cost, and # of gallons; against the odometer at fillup, and the miles i've gotten since the last fillup. With that I've made a few calculations about gas mileage.
Essentially, this is my cost to drive the car. I've tried to note on the side where I've taken weekend trips or vacations; you can see how gas mileage is affected accordingly.
Overall, I've traveled about 8200 miles in the car, and used 116.7 gallons of gas. That's 68.7mpg.
Note, the 11/10 date is pre-filled in, I'll probably need to fill up the car this weekend and that's a rough estimate. I've already driven 500 of those tank miles. Also note I live in a suburban area in MD outside of Washington, DC.
I think I have a pretty unique situation that I wanted to share with my Clarity, that may be of interest. I am leasing (acquired 3/30/19). I have the opportunity to charge for free at work (round trip commute is about 15 miles including a school pickup/dropoff). I actually can't charge the car at home, as I rent in a townhouse development where my unit is offset from the parking area, where there are no available plugs except on other people's units. I have occasionally paid a few bucks to charge elsewhere at public chargers but I'd guess that total expenditure has been under $25 since I've had the car, and that's a high estimate. If I get below 25% battery I'll just stick it on HV mode until I can charge again at work. On long trips, I just use HV mode, starting out with a high battery percentage.
Here's my tracking spreadsheet as a screenshot. I've recorded the gas price, cost, and # of gallons; against the odometer at fillup, and the miles i've gotten since the last fillup. With that I've made a few calculations about gas mileage.
Essentially, this is my cost to drive the car. I've tried to note on the side where I've taken weekend trips or vacations; you can see how gas mileage is affected accordingly.
Overall, I've traveled about 8200 miles in the car, and used 116.7 gallons of gas. That's 68.7mpg.
Note, the 11/10 date is pre-filled in, I'll probably need to fill up the car this weekend and that's a rough estimate. I've already driven 500 of those tank miles. Also note I live in a suburban area in MD outside of Washington, DC.
