My Jeep Liberty SUCKS....(GAS, that is!)

The year 2008 has not progressed too far yet even though it's almost February. I usually try to key in my gasoline purchases at http://www.raleighgasprices.com/ to help determine the gas mileage, expenses, etc. for my hardy (and used!) 2006 Jeep Liberty.

Well, so far, the "damages" (err...total) from January 1st to the 21st have been...

[GET READY!!!!]

160.76 gallons of gas purchased @ an average price of $3.101 per gallon totaling $499.35. There have been TEN (10) fill-ups over a total of 2,591 miles and the average gas mileage has been 18.26....which isn't too bad, especially when you count in the fact of the Key West/Marco Island vacation I just went on with a small fully packed trailer being pulled behind the Jeep. (The highest mileage on the trip was 19.93 MPG and I could've gotten at least 23 MPG on the interstates. When the Liberty was driven to Cape Canaveral last August, it did get around 22 MPG.)

The trip itself was 2,090 miles...and I drove about 1750 of those miles. Oh yes, it was tiring! I almost think the driving back was what did me in since I did drive 536 miles straight with a few rest and "gas" stops along the way. I didn't drive anywhere on Monday the 21st during the day or night since I was sick with the 102.8 fever.

So, I guess when the trip is not taken into account, then a few things do change even though I still drive 350 or more miles each week doing the daily work commute as well as to social and other events/activities during the week. Still, the Jeep Liberty isn't quite the best eco-friendly SUV, but then again, it's not the worse gas guzzler there is either since I do get about 18 MPG on average, trip or no trip. :-)