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Ryland · 02-13-2009, 10:34 AM

last summer I managed to go nearly 4 weeks between filling up, this summer I hope to stretch that again as I was using my civic once to twice a week, this summer I think I can pull off using it once every other week, it will really depend on how many trips I have to make to buy stuff for working on the house.
To reduce the use of my civic I plan to bike alot more, use my electric car for those bad weather trips and the trip to work, car pool more and stay home more.

trikkonceptz · 02-13-2009, 10:50 AM

MPG records are cool, but I recently realized that I have been driving below the posted speed limit now for almost a year. Definately a record, both as an individual accomplishment and as a statistical fact that I have not been shot at yet on any of our speedway highways ...

groar · 02-13-2009, 11:31 AM

Ryland and trikkonceptz, excactly the kind of records I was searching for and people can be interested to beat

Denis.

trikkonceptz · 02-13-2009, 11:57 AM

Come to think of it, lets add, 56,000 miles on a single set of tires which still have 60% tread life and no signs of cracking ... due to what? 50psi IMO.

groar · 02-13-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by trikkonceptz

Come to think of it, lets add, 56,000 miles on a single set of tires which still have 60% tread life and no signs of cracking ... due to what? 50psi IMO.

you are multiplying their life expectancy by 4

Denis.

TestDrive · 02-13-2009, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by trikkonceptz

Come to think of it, lets add, 56,000 miles on a single set of tires which still have 60% tread life and no signs of cracking ... due to what? 50psi IMO.

Does reduced use of brakes also contribute?

NeilBlanchard · 02-13-2009, 05:50 PM

Hi,

I just posted my second longest distance on a tank, and it is still early February! I drove 499.5 miles, while my best (so far) is 509.3. This tank was my best wintertime tank, ever: 46.29mpg!

A few days in the upper 30's and low 40's, and two days close to 50F is all it took to nearly set a new high! :-)

trikkonceptz · 02-13-2009, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TestDrive

Does reduced use of brakes also contribute?

It must, because come to think of it I am stressing the tire when I brake and take off, therefore if I do that less ala coasting then its reasonable to assume that I stress the tire less thus less wear and tear.

Ryland · 02-14-2009, 08:15 PM

so I pulled my log book out of my ash tray today and started looking at it, I would like to add up each year but to give an example of how I have reduced my driveing over the years, for the month of January, a month that I can't easly ride my bike, motorcycle and at this time have not had any electric cars on the road for that month either.

January 2006 I used 54.455 gallons of gas.
January 2007 I used 23.685 gallons of gas.
January 2008 I used 25.982 gallons of gas.
January 2009 I used 17.167 gallons of gas.

Summer of 2006 I changed jobs to a more local lower stress higher paying job, October 2008 I bought a house closer to the stuffＩｄｏ．

taco · 02-14-2009, 11:50 PM

omg!
u use in a month what i use in a week.