Fuel Economy

[geobur]

There's not much you can do, I'd suggest pumping an extra couple pounds of air in the tires. Keep a clean air filter. Make sure your not carrying any extra unnecessary weight in the car and finally don't fill the tank right up. Every gallon of gas weights around 8 pounds.


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Ya keeping the tires a little fuller is something I just started doing this morning actually. And I totally didn't even think about the fuel/weight aspect I normally try to squeeze in as much as possible so I can get a longer day of driving in. I guess in the end I've been doing the opposite. Thanks for the tips.

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[sarujo]

Yes to the air filter, less weight, keeping car maintained, synthetic fluids etc but how you drive is key. Coast and hypermile when you can - look ahead and plan the lights. Constant stops and starts drink more fuel and especially idling. Plan routes and avoid short trips, especially in the winter - engine is most efficient when at operating temps. Driving slower on the highway is also a good way as well - ie 95 to 100

If you really want to be anal...make sure none of your brakes are dragging and keep alignment within spec. And finally, choice of tires will affect mileage as well...all those Prius owners are sporting the lowest rolling resistant tires - no oversizing and crazy tires

[geobur]

Yes to the air filter, less weight, keeping car maintained, synthetic fluids etc but how you drive is key. Coast and hypermile when you can - look ahead and plan the lights. Constant stops and starts drink more fuel and especially idling. Plan routes and avoid short trips, especially in the winter - engine is most efficient when at operating temps. Driving slower on the highway is also a good way as well - ie 95 to 100

If you really want to be anal...make sure none of your brakes are dragging and keep alignment within spec. And finally, choice of tires will affect mileage as well..

Now I've heard the term hypermiling but what exactly is it?

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[m_bisson]

Doing everything possible to get better mileage. No air conditioning, windows rolled up, etc... Stupid nonsense that is beyond the realm of practicality.

[geobur]

Doing everything possible to get better mileage. No air conditioning, windows rolled up, etc... Stupid nonsense that is beyond the realm of practicality.

Ah ok was wondering about that my girlfriend mentioned Mythbusters did an episode on hypermiling and like they folded in their mirrors (or took them off) taped over any cracks in doors and whatever and it only saved them about a quarter of a tank which is decent but considering the lengths they went to not really worth the trouble.

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[Booter22]

So I'm averaging around 9.6 according to the in car trip calculator so obviously I can be doing a lot better.

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so try fuelly. i never find the cars "calculator" is that correct fuelly measures the km driven against the gas used from the fill up prior so you know exactly what you got.

[2012mazda3hatch]

We need an insurance mega thread.

I agree... my insurance just went up 200$ a year by moving from Guelph to Sudbury to school. Seems weird to me

[sarujo]

This thread is about fuel economy and now talking about insurance?? Can we please keep discussions in the right place?
@S.F.W. can you clean this up?

[S.F.W.]

This thread is about fuel economy and now talking about insurance?? Can we please keep discussions in the right place?
@S.F.W. can you clean this up?

done

[Jackal]

Drove to Ottawa from Toronto. Still had 4 squares left. My SUV can’t do that. 2010 GT still runs like new.


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[Booter22]

yep they do still get decent fuel economy i have no complaints about my 2010 2.0L