Fuel Economy

[voodoo22]

Originally Posted by marcus

i want to hit 600 km b4 the last bar starts blinkin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I watched the shifting on the auto much closer the past couple days and have noticed when accelerating the transmission shifts before 2000 rpm and when decelerating it shifts closer to 1500, so I'd try shifting a lot earlier than you are now.

[marcus]

Originally Posted by voodoo22

I watched the shifting on the auto much closer the past couple days and have noticed when accelerating the transmission shifts before 2000 rpm and when decelerating it shifts closer to 1500, so I'd try shifting a lot earlier than you are now.

thanks VD22 i might try that...we shall see..

[Pavel Olavich]

Originally Posted by marcus

thanks VD22 i might try that...we shall see..

Be careful...shifting too early can also burn decrease MPG...there is a sweet spot...someplace between shifting late and shifting early...one must not assume that keeping the RPM's down and shifting early will always increase MPG.

[BailOut]

The world was out to kill my FE on this tank.

1) I drove with my damaged door for 10 days, which hurt the aerodynamics.

2) The body shop drove the car hard.

3) The wife used the a/c twice.

4) I had several slow trips over the mountain due to the entirety of the highway being re-paved in sections.


The end result was 47.562 MPG, which was my worst tank in a few months.

[sherryberry]

Originally Posted by BailOut

The world was out to kill my FE on this tank.

1) I drove with my damaged door for 10 days, which hurt the aerodynamics.

2) The body shop drove the car hard.

3) The wife used the a/c twice.

4) I had several slow trips over the mountain due to the entirety of the highway being re-paved in sections.


The end result was 47.562 MPG, which was my worst tank in a few months.

that's still better than i'll ever get