Fuel Saving Tips

I have some ideas, but would enjoy hearing your responses.

Thank you,
Glenn F.

Pile 4-5 people in a Geo Metro or a VW rabbit. Riding around in your one ton truck is getting to the point of being absolutely ridiculous.

All the V8's are gone from most of my family. The occasional tractor haul is done by the old one ton farm truck.

We're going green - for the sake of saving money.

My '82 Civic SW gets 32+ mpg and will carry half a ton of beans or feed if you have a lick of sense. Carrying anything over 10'long means that the tail gate needs to be open a little. Empty, it is a lot more fun to drive than my 1 ton.

Greg

The co-op is between work and home and the NH dealer is only 6 miles out of the way from work to home where it is about 20 miles from home. If I don't need something right now I make a list and stop on my way home in the mornings.

Another thing is I have gotten a 300 gallon gas tank for the house. Used to just have farm deisiel. I figured up how many times I was drive'n to the nearest gas station to get gas for the lawn mower, four wheeler, or my little gas tractor and it was aobut one trip a week. I try to get 150 or so gallons on a down swing in prices and have gas at the house to run the small stuff.

Dave

I read an article like the one that dieselpaul saw in the Readers' Digest. What it convinced me of the most was that nobody can do math anymore, and nobody writing articles bothers to take the time to check their sources. For example, the writer claimed that this tip alone would cut your gas usage by 19%: In a parking lot, always find a spot where you can pull through so that you're facing out and can leave without having to back up first. The 19% claim is pure horsefeathers, but I do it anyway because it wraps around another habit I've had for years. I always back into a space in a parking lot so that I can drive out forward because most parking lot accidents happen when people are backing out to leave. There's little potential interference when you're backing into a space, and you can see what's going on a whole lot better if you're going forward when you're leaving. Now, instead of backing into the closest space I can find, I park a little farther away where I can drive through to be facing out.

My other gas saving suggestion is to put larger tires on your back wheels so that most of your driving is downhill. I think I stole that from someone else on this forum, and I've used it here before, so I suppose it's about time to drop it.

All the best, Stan

Could never understand why leaving a red light was like a drag race,even in a 25 zone.

Same with leaving work.Its like a mowed anthill.You're done for the day,sit a minute or two and let the lot clear,then proceed at a mellow pace.5 min longer gettin home just don't matter vs the "rush".

Keep you modern vehicle tuned to specs and leave it at that unless you do heavy towing or such.The mfgs spend millions getting the best generic mileage/performance combos outta every vehicle..Joe Shadetree prolly ain't gonna be able to outguess em except on "special" apps.Hype is just hype,heck if I ran the filters,pipes,chip and oils&gimmicks that were hyped the most,my V8 4x4 should get 55-70mpg....ain't gonna happen.I can buy a lotta gas fer that couple thousand in"fixes".

I tried some of their tips half assed and got an extra 80 km (50 miles) out of my tank driving to work.