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Simple Ways to Improve Your Gas Mileage
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by felixdakat | August 13, 2008 at 07:50 am
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Improving the gas mileage of a car or truck requires a real commitment on the driver’s part. Since there is no one way to drastically decrease fuel consumption drivers need to combine several techniques if they hope to meet or exceed the EPA (Environmental Protection Agencies) mileage rating for their vehicle.
Gasoline is less dense than water and weighs between 5.8 and 6.5 lbs depending on air temperature. Rather than filling your gas tank at the pump keep your tank half full and lose 45 to 65 pounds of excess weight.
Like most things in life, the little things add up.
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at 08:50 on August 13th, 2008
I wanted to write my own commentary rather than just highlight a quote. Can anyone tell me how to do this?
Actually I combined some of the techniques mentioned on a recent 400 mile trip and compared the mpg results with my normal driving habits on my return trip. Setting my cruise control at 60 mph may have upset other drivers even though I was in the right lane but I got 4 more mpg than setting it at 68 mph on my return trip (some of this may be attributed to carrying a 1/2 tank of gas vs a full tank) With windows up and a/c on I bettered my cars EPA estimate by 20%. It did require a conscious effort on my part to do this. More importantly for me this was a good reminder that by paying attention we can consume less of everything. I have turned conservation into a game where I constantly try to reduce my consumption.
at 08:58 on August 13th, 2008
Felix, no problem. On the top bar, you'll find a link labelled 'edit'. Go in there, and in the text box add all the commentary you like in between the quotes tags which look like this: [q]. Does that make sense?
Here is a [rough] example.
Commentary, commentary, commentary.
Open quote tags - highlighted material - close quote tags
Commentary, commentary, commentary.
Etc.
at 09:35 on August 13th, 2008
Thanks general..but all I see on top bar is:refresh, setting, help,etc....under Details I see html, Quote etc...Please excuse my ignorance.
at 10:22 on August 13th, 2008
Sorry Felix, I mean to say on the top bar above your story. Ooops!
Here is an example from one of my stories.
On your story, the 'edit' option will be on the bar between 'environment' and your title - here.
(Obviously I can't see the black top bar on yours because I only have access to that bar on my own stories.)
Does that help?
at 10:35 on August 13th, 2008
Thanks again...I couldn't access your links but I was able to add something.
at 09:11 on August 13th, 2008
at 11:04 on August 13th, 2008
another tip. Use your air conditioner and keep the windows shut in the summer. The drag is worse than the max of 3% extra power needed from the engine.
at 11:26 on August 13th, 2008
for stop and go, yes but highway travel the drag is worse. Small engines may take more the 3% but they get good mileage anyway. My ex-father-in-law was an engineer for lockheed before gas prices were high. They played around with it for the fun of it. he said it was a big difference. Our car gets the same whether we use it or not but we always keep the windows up. We get 34 mpg on a dodge neon with automatic. One thing you want to do is run your air at least once a month even in the winter to soften the seals.
at 13:21 on August 13th, 2008
Actually the source article says at speeds over 40 mph drag offsets a/c.