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Old 01-26-2013, 03:17 PM   #6 (permalink)
RandomFact314
My Goal: 35 MPG All Day
 
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1NZ-FE (Year 1) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
Team Toyota
Last 3: 34.02 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 2) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 33.32 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 3) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 35.32 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 4) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 34 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 5) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 26.87 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 6,7,8) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 28.6 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 9,10,11) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 27.8 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 12,13,14) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 27.11 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by wmjinman View Post
Be sure to pump the tires up as far as you dare, too.

- and drive as slow as you can stand: maybe 50? If you happen to have a ScanGauge, you could maybe do a quick test to see where your best MPG speed is....
I will probably pump them up to 40. door jam says 22psi, They are at 32ish now.

Yeah I plan on driving as slow as my wife lets me, haha. Especially since the final gear on my car is extremely low, 65mph=like 3500rpm.... I plan on maybe 50-55mph

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Originally Posted by Sven7 View Post
Also, fold the mirrors in. Do quick rear wheel skirts with corrugated cardboard if you can. Painters tape might hold it well enough to do highway speeds if you shut the ends into the door jamb... although you'd have to check on it now and then. 60mph winds tend to unravel things.
Yeah I will probably put some painters tape around the gaps and stuff, I really dont want to use anything that will leave a bunch of residue, the car is less than a month old, good paint job, id hate to ruin it with duck tape like I've done with all my other cars
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