CavemanCharlie
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I agree with using a scan gage to watch your mileage and drive according. My pickup (and car) have built in instant milage indicators that tell you what your getting as you drive. By reading the road I can increase my mileage quite a bit. By, that I mean that if your going down hill and you see another hill coming in front of you let the weight of the vehicle push your speed up a few miles per hour. Then when going up the next hill let it drop back off a few miles per hour. Do this same thing for mile after mile and you end up getting home with a much better over all gas mileage. This works best on the two lane back roads I frequent. On interstates it doesn't help much. I'd rather take the back roads anyway. More to see and the speeds are slower.
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JN_B
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Quote:Just because I know how to save fuel costs while towing does not mean I do it. I accept the expense of the higher speeds I drive, in the 65-68mph range usually. I have hit 75 passing on 2-lane roads before.
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I've got better things to do than worry about gas mileage. If I REALLY cared about mileage, I wouldn't be RVing at all. Let's remember you're talking about ~$5-10/ fillup.
All you need to do is throw a head wind into the equation and you SOL.. Around here, it's ALWAYS windy.
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Padlin
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I saved 1 mpg driving 55 as opposed to 63 on the interstate when I tried it a couple years ago for a few hours, 12 vs 11 mpg or a little less then 10%. Wasn't enough difference to me to justify blocking traffic. It worked saving gas to some extent.
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TomG2
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All I know is that when "We" cut consumption in the fall of 2008, the price of fuel went down a lot. I am saving over one hundred dollars a month with downsizing and didn't really give up that much.
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beemerphile1
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APT wrote:Desert Captain wrote:
...Who are all these people I see roaring down the interstates at 70, 75 and 80 mph...
...I accept the expense of the higher speeds I drive, in the 65-68mph range usually. I have hit 75 passing on 2-lane roads before.
I found that when I slowed from an average of 80 mph to an average of 75 mph there was some fuel savings.  I'm in too big of a hurry to go camping though! I think I'll just stick with the 80 mph average on my ST tires.
Just kidding, just kidding, don't flame me! 
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rgolding
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Tim, you had me goin. ;-)
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Larryzv7
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In California if you are towing and you go over 55 you can get a ticket, but the other thing is if you check your route for Indian Reservations along the way; often they have cheaper tax free gas. Of course as a military veteran I also stop at military bases to fill up; and when you find cheap gas also fill-up a couple of 5-gallon gas containers to carry with you that you can use when you’re in a tourist trap or other high gas price area.
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12thgenusa wrote:adenaky wrote:It's almost cheaper driving around the Mts. then going over them.
Not really. The extra you use going up you save going down.
About half the trip to our farm 20 miles away is flat highway, rest rollercoaster dirt road. I'll hit the dirt road abou 12mpg avg and come out the other side at 14. Sure 7 going uphill is bad, but the 50+ going down the other side is really good 
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Beachums
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dave54 wrote:
Keep air filter clean.
Not to get off topic or hijack, but in modern computer controlled fuel injected vehicles, there is no correlation between a dirty air filter and fuel mileage. The ecu keeps the air/fuel ratio the same. Less air. less fuel. The only thing you will notice with a dirty air filter is much less acceleration.
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Water-Bug
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downtheroad wrote:- drive down hill all the time
- drive with a tail wind
- drive close to home
- slow down
You forgot "Only camp in winter, when gas prices are lower."
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