improving MPG

[NDT guy]

I am sure this issue has been brought up many many times but I was wondering if you guys had any tips on how to improve my mpg

[redvett]

Slow down, keep your tires up to the pressure indicated on the door sticker, keep your tailgate up and get a tonneau cover and use it, empty everything you dont need out of your vehicle (lighter is better) & drive like you have and Egg on the gas pedal, look at the conditions way down the road and adjust speed accordingly. Oil,filters & tuneup as required in the owners manual.

[mcreyaufmiller]

Wait4meperformance economy tune, and as redvette said above. Juzst remember, sometimes the cost of getting better mileage, outweighs the cost of fuel.

[redvett]

As (mcreyaufmiller)

has said cheaper to go slow and save gas & money & possibly your life.

Life is short dont waste it. Seems like only yesterday i was 21.

[Dans Denali]

5W30 oil, clean air filter, air the tires up to the max listed on the sidewall not what the vehicle lists. Slow down. My MPG meter shows the best speed approx 60 mph.

 

Dan

[NDT guy]

thanks guys I will be keeping these in mind and will also be chekcing for the door stickers to tell me tire pressure

 

P.S if any of you guys are from Edmonton AB CA do you have any suggestions as to where I could find a owners manual cheap

[firefighteremt3100]

What vehicle are you looking for an owners manual for? I would check ebay. I've sold 2 recently. They usually have quite a few and go for a lot cheaper than a dealer would charge you.

[JimG]

Try to avoid stop and go traffic - that'll kill your MPGs even if you have a tonneau and good PCM tune. Nothing worse than dumping all that fuel to get the truck moving and then forced to stop 1/2 mile down the road.

Plan your driving accordingly. Don't make four separate trips to the same area - make one trip out and take care of all your needs at once. I've been working on ways to get places with minimal traffic lights, stop signs, etc. Doing well for a few locations so far - also finding myself walking to stores when possible.

If you have more than 1 vehicle, use the most fuel efficient one as often as possible. Also, don't take 2 vehicles to the same location (and be like my parents and my sister this past weekend). Oh, cut out the fast food and the daily Dunkin Donuts - not only will you save some cash but your body will thank you - heck I've lost weight.

 

Now I'm looking at the trains to see if there's a way I can take a train to work every day (30 mile commute each way with lots of traffic now that the summer vacation time is over).

 

Oh, and watch out for that jack*** in the little sports coupe (honda/nissan/toyota/lexus/etc) tailgating you .... high gas prices don't seem to stop those guys from stomping on the pedal.

[OUMike]

Oh, and watch out for that jack*** in the little sports coupe (honda/nissan/toyota/lexus/etc) tailgating you .... high gas prices don't seem to stop those guys from stomping on the pedal.

 

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Yea...I think lately people get mad at me. I accelerate sloooow off the line. Hey...if they wanna fill up every other day thats fine with me, but I'm not going to.

[redvett]

I have noticed since the gas prices have gone up that drivers are decelerating more coming up to traffic lights instead of slamming on the brakes at the last minute and also accelerating slower from a stop. These high gas prices arent going away infact they predict 4-4.50 a gallon next year.

[NDT guy]

I am looking for a manual for my 03 sierra and I can fairly easily avoid stop and go traffic since I only have about a 20 mintue drive to where I work though it does amaze me how dumb some of those import drivers get at some point I think they are tring to draft off me

[F_L]

All good info here. What I did to get a little better mpg on a 2000 Silverado 2500.

1)Cold air intake

2)Magnaflow muffler

3)Nelson 89-93 tune

4)Tonneau cover

5)Upped the tire pressure to 65 &70psi

I have about $1000 in the mods above. I have gained about 1.5 to 2 mpg burning premium gas. That's about 13% better mpg, but premium gas is about 7% higher. It's going to take a long time to pay for the mods. But truck run a lot better, more fun to drive. And I would rather give my money to Nelson, muffler shop, etc, than the oil companies.

[JimG]

F_L - what kind of Cold Air intake did you get?

 

Btw, anyone know of a place that makes bumper stickers? I want one saying in really tiny print: "If you can read this - BACK THE **** OFF"

Alternatively: "Why are you reading this - watch my brake lights jack***"

[allenmehrer]

HEY! i draft all the time...

[F_L]

Jim,

I got a cheap intake off ebay for around $50. Couldn't bring myself to spend the $200+ for K&N or other big name intakes.