{"id":2631,"date":"2021-01-24T14:15:23","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T22:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=2631"},"modified":"2021-12-21T19:41:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T03:41:22","slug":"averages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2021\/01\/24\/averages\/","title":{"rendered":"Averages"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a little notebook in the console of the Scout where I record the mileage every time I put gas in the tank. I started doing this back in 2014 when I wanted to figure out the MPG, and it’s been super valuable to sort out all kinds of other things<\/a> beyond quantifying how thirsty Peer Pressure is. I took her out today for a quick run to the grocery store before the snow flies this coming week. When I came back inside I brought the book in and plugged the numbers into an Excel spreadsheet. The graph it produced was a little surprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nTotal Yearly Miles<\/strong><\/td>\nMiles Minus Nats<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>\n511<\/td>\n511<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\n243<\/td>\n243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\n278<\/td>\n278<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\n1556<\/td>\n556<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\n1736<\/td>\n736<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\n1052<\/td>\n1052<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The dip during 2017 makes sense, as I was out of commission from September of that year until about March of 2018 with chemo, surgery, and recovery. I took her 275 miles to the Eastern Shore and back for a camping trip in 2018<\/a>. Later that year \u00a0we drove out to Nationals<\/a>, which accounted for roughly 1,000 miles, and in 2019 we went back<\/a>. In 2020 I was home every day and thus drove the Scout everywhere. I think I put about 20 miles on the Honda last year. I wonder why I only drove the truck 243 miles in 2016?<\/p>\n

I also updated the spreadsheet where I capture costs\u2014for everything like parts, repairs, and incidentals minus gas, and the average cost per year is at $436. I do actually capture gas costs in the mileage book, and maybe if I’m motivated this week I’ll go back out, get the book, and plug that into the spreadsheet.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there’s a local guy with two trucks on Craigslist, one whole package and one for parts. I inquired about the fender flares on the parts truck but he said he was keeping those. I told him I’d be interested in coming out to see what’s left after the snow melts\u2014I’m still interested in a spare set of locking hubs to put on the shelf, as well as a heater core I can refurbish on the workbench while the snow flies outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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