Archive for the 'Car Maintainance' Category

Gas Dandy Reminds me of Oil Changes

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

I went and got my fill up yesterday and I was driving a good 38 miles per gallon according to GasDandy.
With GasDandy they tell me when my oil needs to be changed, I kept track of my last oil change through GasDandy and without even having to keep track of the amount of miles that [...]

Bellevue, WA Chevron You Fail Me

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Well maybe not, I was doing a fill up yesterday at a Chevron station and right after I filled the tank up and turned my key the engine died out as if there was no gas in the car. Now I don’t know why this happened but it took a few minutes for my car [...]

Don’t Call This a Clunker – Portland Edition

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

For our anniversary my girlfriend and I decided to take a trip to visit some of our friends down in Portland, Oregon. The drive was about 150 miles each way so I decided to get a fill up tank before going down there. My car is a 1994 Honda Civic Del Sol, and there shouldn’t [...]

I Just GasDandy’d My Trip To Vancouver

Monday, July 13th, 2009

During the weekend I went from Seattle, WA all the way up to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Yes that is right, I crossed the border over to our neighbors in the North. It was a pleasure trip and it was for the most part a relaxing trip full of dining and sight seeing.
The trip was great, [...]

Middle of the Week Fill Up Gets 33 MPG

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

I decided that I will be taking a short road trip this weekend from Seattle, WA into Vancouver Canada, but before that happens I wanted to fill my vehicle up with a full tank of gas for the long drive to our neighbors up north. This is just a precautionary measure incase I don’t find [...]

36 Miles Per Gallon Makes Me Happy

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

I went to fill up the car last night and when I came home I plugged my numbers into GasDandy, the results of my fill up were acceptable. While my previous fill up netted me a total of 38 MPG I will say that 36 MPG is still on my higher end of the scale, [...]

This Week In Gas Usage Summary

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

I noticed that this weekend I did a bit more driving than usual, and had to get a fill up earlier than my usual 10-14 day interval. But none the less here it is, my driving and mileage stats for the fill up that I entered into GasDandy my handy mileage tracker:

Well looking at the [...]

Oil Changed, Gas Fill Up, and My Axles are New

Monday, June 15th, 2009

During the weekend I decided to change my oil, and with that oil change I was able to update my GasDandy to let it know that my oil has been changed so that it would not display that message for me to change my oil anymore. At least not for another 3,000 miles which is [...]