Surviving the Economy: 6 Ways to Improve Your Car’s Gas Mileage

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re: Surviving the Economy: 6 Ways to Improve Your Car’s Gas Mileage

Ego — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:04:43 GMT

It's rather hilarious how big a deal people are making about the "economy". The only people that are truly in trouble are those that fail to plan ahead or live by the seat of their pants. Sorry, your time's up.

re: Surviving the Economy: 6 Ways to Improve Your Car’s Gas Mileage

Willy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:36:40 GMT

#2 and #3 don't even involve your car's mileage and #1, 4, and 5 are not even effective. Firstly, changing your car's weight does not magically make your engine more efficient. The only way this helps at all is by making your car faster, if you notice it you may or may not get off the gas to conserve. Making small changes like taking junk out or losing weight (Seriously? You think losing 20 pounds is going to improve the mileage of a 3000 pound beast? Really?) is not going to be noticeable therefore chances are, you're going to keep hitting the gas pedal just as hard and not save. Also losing a luggage rack does not change the aerodynamics of a vehicle by any significant amount until you're going at least 100 mph. Here's a gas-saving tip: don't go 100 mph. And airing up...... Pumping your tires as full as you can get 'em is not going to help. In fact, over-inflating can cause just as much mileage loss as under-inflating. And anywhere within 5-10 psi of the optimum pressure will not make a noticeable difference.

Now #6 has lots of merit. You can lose over half of your mileage in a poorly tuned vehicle.

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