August 31, 100,000 MILES!!!!!!

August 30, 15 MILES TO GO!

I've only got 15 miles to go before I hit 100,000.

August 29 - THE BIG DAY IS COMING!!!!!!

I, or rather my car, will be rolling over to 100,000 miles this weekend! 117 miles from now in fact! WHOOOOOO!!!!!!

August 28

I got a good look at Mrs. Maroon Mercury Sable today. I don't think she's as old as I had previously thought. Maybe late 30's. She dresses like schoolmarm though. Imagine a a mid-thirties Christian conservative from Nebraska, not a real one mind you but one from TV. Yeah! You know the one. Stuck in the 1970's sorta-blonde hair that's afro-like in shape, big glasses, and some stupid flower print blouse.

I had some douchebag honk at me today and wave his hands around like an idiot because I-95 went from three lanes to two lanes. Apparently this was my fault. Though, in retrospect, if I was driving a 1998 Toyota 4Runner getting only 18 MPG I'd get pissed off easily too. Poor guy.

August 26

Not much to report on the driving scene except for the fact that it's TOTALLY SUCKED since last Wednesday. Probably because kids are going back to school but I tell you, two hours and forty five minutes in the car will drive you insane. Thursday, for instance, I spent a total of five hours driving to work and driving home. WEAK!

On a side note, I went to Medieval Times this weekend! SWORDS ROCK!

August 19, AM Drive

Today was pretty easy. 1 hour 45 minutes. Yesterday was just as easy though it took a bit longer since I needed gas (200th time, did I mention it?!?) That's it, really. I had a s'mores pop tart today for breakfast.

200 Fill Ups!

Today was the 200th time I've filled my car with gas!

MY HERO!!!

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1.3 million miles on his car! WHEW! And I thought I was excited at hitting 100,000 miles next month.

That's right, I'm all over!

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No Friggin' Way!

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Will General Motors produce a Chevy Volt for retail sale by 1 August 2009?

I predicted No   on 8th Aug 08

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August 8

AM Drive -

Sucked, there was an accident on I-95 just north of exit 67 in MD on the southbound side so I had to get off at exit 74 and I decided to take Philadelphia Rd to Whitemarsh. Not bad, but I wasted about 10 minutes doing so. It could've been worse.

And for some more stats...

Radio Stations I Listen To While Driving

• 88.1 WYPR - Baltimore NPR Station
  
• 88.5 WAMU - Washington, DC NPR Station
  
• 90.9 WHYY - Philadelphia NPR Station
  
• 97.9 98 Rock
• 102.7 Jack FM (one of those iPod stations)
• 103.1 WRNR
  

2008 Driving Stats - so far

For 2008, I've...

• driven 31,615.1 miles (as of 8.7.2008 @ 6:35 AM)
• spent $2,139.59 in gas (as of 8.7.2008 @ 6:35 AM)
• purchased 627.771 gallons of gas

Since I've owned this car, starting in Dec. 2006, I've...

• purchased gas 195 times
• purchased gas in the states of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Virginia
• purchased gas from Wawa 99 times (the most)
• purchased gas from Lukoil & Shorestop once (the least, a tie)
• clocked my best mileage @ 66 MPG
• clocked my lowest mileage @ 30 MPG
• driven a total of 70,217 miles
• spent a total of $4295.74 in gas
• been in zero accidents
• bought tires once
• replaced the brakes once
• broken the cargo net

August 7

This chart illustrates the days I purchase gas in totals. 1 is Sunday, 7 is Saturday. I'm sure you can figure out the days in between. I just bought gas this morning so I thought I'd share this with you.

The drive has been really light this week, besides Monday evening of course. You can really tell that there are less people on the roads.

I saw the Oct-Nov Mercedes this morning, but that was it.

August 5, AM Drive

I left @ 6:06 today, not great but just in time to see the gray Prius as he raced pass me and the old lady in the maroon Mercury.

Last Friday, August 1

My easy driving week came to an abrupt end during the Friday evening commute. Three hours to get home. Three. Some airhead decided to not get his car checked up on and broke down in the middle of the Harbor Tunnel, so I sat for about 40 minutes in the same spot.

August 1 - Regrets to my readers!

I know, I've been an awful blogger. I was on vacation where I wasn't driving (I rode in a bus!) and ever since I've been out-of-whack. So, for the week, I've...

1. Purchased 13 gallons of gas
2. Driven 812 miles
3. Seen the gray douche Prius once, on Tuesday
4. Seen the old lady with the maroon Mercury Sable once, also Tuesday
5. Seen the old lady in the gold Mercedes with the plate OCT-NOV once, also Tuesday
6. Realized that I sync up with those drivers best when leaving after 6:07 AM
7. Have averaged less than 2 hours per drive home and to work all week!

It has been a light driving week, in time spent in the car anyway.

My total miles driven though, that's really bucking a national trend. See the chart below...


4,647 miles in the month of July ALONE! Whew!