[Andromeda43]

With gas prices going through the roof I'd like to know what YOU are doing to save gas and save money.

[cheezus420]

You should add 'Sell your SUV' to that list

[ripken204]

get a hydrogen car, lol

[Andromeda43]

How did you know I drive an SUV? ( a Suzuki Grand Vitara w/ DOHC V6)

But, you're absolutely right. SUV's, especially the 4WD's like mine are NOT gas savers.

However, I pull stumps, pull cars and vans out of sand pits and grade my road with mine. Can't do that with a VW bug or a Geo Metro.

I did have a little Chevy Sprint Turbo a few years back, that could get over 60mpg on the highway. Great little car. Gosh, I wish I had it now!

By the way,,,,in the last few days, I've done all the things I listed on the Poll.
Every one helps a little especially Slowing Down.

[Zxian]

Umm... how about walk, bike, or take the bus?

[dirtwarrior]

a horse and buggy

[Redcloud]

I don't save gas period! Got a 5.7 hemi Jeep Grand Cherokee that wants to kick a** going straight uphill.

[army20]

I don't have a car !

[rikgale]

You don't want to live in the UK, petrol is approaching a GBP per litre in some place, and is over 90p per litre everywhere else.

It will soon be cheaper to fuel my car with beer that in my opinion is a crime.

Feel like I'm being $%^* $%#@ed everytime I have to fill up.

[cheezus420]

Buy a diesel and run it off veggie oil and old McDonalds grease

[gamehead200]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20..._gas_theft.html

[Andromeda43]

Get this, sell that.....ok......but what are YOU personally doing to combat high gas prices.

As I said,,,,I'm doing everything in the poll to improve my own gas mileage.

Just today I raised my tire pressure from 32#perSqInch to 36#..
Harder and firmer tires roll easier and cut down friction drag. This increases gas mileage.

If the price of gas goes down,,,,so does my tire pressure.

Andromeda43

[Lost Soul]

god the prices are insane now id walk or drive a car but not around where i live,, ppl throw things at you lol

[cheezus420]

LOL, let me know how that tire pressure thing works for you. Save yourself a couple bucks a year there

[newsposter]

Amen to the Hemi.

I've got a brand new Dodge Charger R/T Hemi. With less than 3000 miles on it it gets better mileage (currently measured by me at 18 city, 25 highway) than my 2002 Intrepid R/T that had a 3.5l 6 cyl.

I can't wait for the motor to get broken in. City mileage won't change much but highway should go up to 27 or so. That MDS cyl cut off system really works.

[rikgale]

Andromeda43, on Aug 19 2005, 01:17 AM, said:

Just today I raised my tire pressure from 32#perSqInch to 36#..
Harder and firmer tires roll easier and cut down friction drag.  This increases gas mileage.

If the price of gas goes down,,,,so does my tire pressure.

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But then you end up wearing out the middle of your tyres much quicker so, you have to replace youe tyres more often, just go with the manufactures recommeded settings for your weight and check regularly, you save gas and tyres at the same time

[Andromeda43]

Tires,,,,oh yes those wonderful rubber donuts.

I get mine for just $25 ea,,,,pulled from county vehicles with only about 20% of the rubber worn off. So if I shorten the life of them a little getting better gas mileage, so be it.

So what's next?

Anyone got any revolutionary ideas?

I don't have a diesel, so I can't try McDonalds old french fry grease.

[Andromeda43]

OK,,,here's a tip that probably no-one will know of.

Q: How many of you know what an O2 Sensor is? (also called an Oxygen Sensor)
A: It's a device mounted in the exhaust system that measures the amount of free oxygen in the exhaust gases coming out of the engine. (on a V6 there will be at least two and maybe even three of these devices)
It's wired into your Engine Control computer where the computer uses this information to control the fuel injectors on the engine to get the best fuel to air mixture for the 'best burn'.

The O2 sensors on a brand new engine will actually run the engine just a little bit on the lean side of center. As the sensors become contaminated with impurities in the gasoline, they drift past center to where they are causing the engine to run rich (wasting fuel). For most cars, 60,000 miles is the time to change O2 Sensors to keep the engine running economicly.

I've changed O2 sensors on cars I've owned in the past and gained up to 20% increase in gas mileage.

These devices can be very expensive and usually will overshadow the savings in fuel costs. To replace all three on my car will cost me well over $300.

In years past when I drove a car with a four cylinder engine with only one O2 sensor, I've found a sensor for as little as $25 and installed it myself, for a significant savings. On my current SUV, the sensors (3) probably will NOT get changed before I trade it off for a smaller and more economical car.

Happy Motoring!
Andromeda43

This post has been edited by Andromeda43: 21 August 2005 - 06:47 AM

[jdgordon]

you dman yanks.. wtf do u call it gas when it clearly is a freeking liquiD???
it is bloody expensive here also, up to around 120c/L (AUD) which is **** expensive, considering most of the country drives v6 comodores and falcons

[Andromeda43]

We just say Gas to avoid the repetition of the longer version, "Gasoline".

What's a Commodore?

I'm familiar with getting a Royal Falcon.

Cheers mate!