Plus a lot of additives are ******* O2 sensors and cause them to fail prematurely.
Fuel saving suggestions.
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Plus a lot of additives are ******* O2 sensors and cause them to fail prematurely.
Yeah, my limited understanding is that the CRD's computer bus didn't hold up to the constant polling that the Scangauge does. Causes the whole PCM to lock up or something.
TAwesome
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X2 but I love our freeways
ThunderbirdJunkie
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if he didn't jump in on every 3.7 mileage discussion with how great his CRD mileage is, people probably wouldn't care.
ChiefRudy
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In the PA the Highest Limit here is 65. i normally travel 5 to 8 miles above the limit. That's what staties allow before they pull you over. At times when I'm traveling at 80 I still get passed too
ThunderbirdJunkie
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Driving like an A-hole, averaged 21 on the way up to Kalamazoo last night.
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Yeah - I can try slow for a little while - but then you get down to I10 from San Antonio to El Paso - 500 miles and the scenery's really interesting for oh - at least 10 minutes - and then you realize why the limit's 80mph - and the little diesel loves to run ....and I'm not into Hypermiling.
TigerClaws
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I drive my KJ to go on our land and to my work (8 minutes drive). And i get my girlfriend to have a more economic car that still has some in it. My minimum requirement to drive a car or truck is 150 hp. If it doesnt have that i aint driving it, heck you drive your crap !
So she just went with the 2009 Pontiac Vibe with the bigger 2.4liters engine (165hp i think). So whenever we go out on a long trip, Vibe it is and all mpg talking is out the window.
So she just went with the 2009 Pontiac Vibe with the bigger 2.4liters engine (165hp i think). So whenever we go out on a long trip, Vibe it is and all mpg talking is out the window.
TAwesome
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Going how fast and passing how many copper mans! Thats the other thing I love about W. MI I have to be going better than 80 for a cop patrolling a highway to even look twice! drive.gif
ThunderbirdJunkie
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cruise set at 75-80. most entrance ramps after potty breaks were taken at WOT
This stupid stretch on 94 though is 55 or 60 limit because of construction.
cruise still set at 75
This stupid stretch on 94 though is 55 or 60 limit because of construction.
cruise still set at 75
TAwesome
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(lol)=D>(lol)=D>(lol)
I did manage 20 mpg with the cruise set on 80 comming through Georgia and the Carolinas on my last Florida trip. Cruised at 85 a little bit but mostly at 80. Nice flat highway with not much traffic. People were still passing me.
Around here you can't do that without getting pulled over.
Dave
Around here you can't do that without getting pulled over.
Dave
I-4 here is called the slab. 90 is about what a lot of folks do, not me. That paired with tourism, and 90 year olds....is #-o
ThunderbirdJunkie
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cruise set at 75-80. most entrance ramps after potty breaks were taken at WOT
This stupid stretch on 94 though is 55 or 60 limit because of construction.
cruise still set at 75
And on the way home, cruise set at or below 60 most of the way...
Guess what?
Saved 12 whole dollars on gas.
12 whole dollars.
And was only an hour later than ThunderbirdJunkie would have been had he been driving in a manner that DIDN'T piss everybody off. And probably spent an extra $3 in that extra hour on the road on Dr. Pepper and more cigarettes smoked.
Was getting passed uphill by semis.
Hypermiling is stupid.
Closer to Orlando it can be like that.
CRD Joe
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12.00 every time out of the length of the time you own the vehicle is real money! So, you like throwing away money. That's cool. I dont.
ThunderbirdJunkie
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$24.00 isn't going to make ThunderbirdJunkie broke. It was a 280 mile trip each way
Ry' N Jen
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Would you believe that I had to look up what Hypermiling meant!
I didn't realize that there was a name for those special folks that do
some of the stupidest and unsafe things with their vehicles just to
squeeze out an extra 0.10 th. of a Kilometer out of a gallon of fuel!
I didn't realize that there was a name for those special folks that do
some of the stupidest and unsafe things with their vehicles just to
squeeze out an extra 0.10 th. of a Kilometer out of a gallon of fuel!
Auberon
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Tis interesting for sure,
Only one problem with hypermiling - it is hypopower, hypotorque but I say each to their own.
Some people get real kicks from truly amazing figures.
On the same bent, How much does a true wheel alignment gain you in terms of reducing rolling resistance....some of the folk committed to this are truly cluey....some, like some of us (speaking personally of course, and I think Ry wud fit into my group here) have a few 'roos loose in their top paddock.
I think you can do it if you chew your cud, wear a hat and squint while you drive
Cheers
Auberon
Only one problem with hypermiling - it is hypopower, hypotorque but I say each to their own.
Some people get real kicks from truly amazing figures.
On the same bent, How much does a true wheel alignment gain you in terms of reducing rolling resistance....some of the folk committed to this are truly cluey....some, like some of us
(speaking personally of course, and I think Ry wud fit into my group here) have a few 'roos loose in their top paddock.I think you can do it if you chew your cud, wear a hat and squint while you drive
Cheers
Auberon
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