Dougie
Full Member
For the past month or so, I have been doing an experiment with my Av and the gas mileage. Lately, I have been very disappointed with the 14 - 15 mpg I had been getting. That is with a new muffler / exhaust, K&N setup. So for the past two fill ups, I forced myself to do the speed limit every where I went. It was painful at times, but I kept to the limit.
I found that I averaged 17 to 18 mpg for these fill ups. That was a huge difference. 60 - 80 miles more per tank full (25 to 27 gallon fill ups).
I also found out a few other things.
1) I was a lot more mellow in my driving attitude. I didn't get bothered my the morons on the road. Nor did I become a moron on the road.
2) It could be fun to watch the guy behind you become enraged because all I was doing was the speed limit.
3) I felt good about helping the environment by using less gas (no I am not a tree hugging hippie).
4) Gas is going up again. Nice if I am filling up less.
Now I am not preaching. I don't care how anyone else drives. But if you are interested in better MPG, all it will take is to slow down a bit.
I found that I averaged 17 to 18 mpg for these fill ups. That was a huge difference. 60 - 80 miles more per tank full (25 to 27 gallon fill ups).
I also found out a few other things.
1) I was a lot more mellow in my driving attitude. I didn't get bothered my the morons on the road. Nor did I become a moron on the road.
2) It could be fun to watch the guy behind you become enraged because all I was doing was the speed limit.
3) I felt good about helping the environment by using less gas (no I am not a tree hugging hippie).
4) Gas is going up again. Nice if I am filling up less.
Now I am not preaching. I don't care how anyone else drives. But if you are interested in better MPG, all it will take is to slow down a bit.