[Aveyello]

I've been away for a while. Got myself a Scangauge and it's helped me learn how to drive all over again. I've watched for instantaneous mpg trends based on various driving behaviors, shift points, etc. and have chosen the behaviors that seem to work best for me.

Aside from keeping to the right hand side of the road, pulse and glide has worked out beautifully. As of the past couple of weeks I've started to utilize engine braking to induce fuel cutoff - too early to comment on any improvement from that, but 9999 mpg is better than 199 mpg, isn't it?!

As a result of nothing more than behavioral modification, I've achieved a 10% increase in fuel economy. I was getting around 27-28 mpg and now I'm getting 30-31 (tank averaged). This is all city driving. I don't take this car for many longer highway trips - the only data point I have there is that I achieved around 37mpg and I was speeding along with traffic. Had I backed off, pulsed & glided, I'm sure I could have achieved 40+ easily.

My next "low budget" attempt at increasing fuel economy is the application of a K&N replacement filter. I just put it in yesterday. I'll be interested to see over the next few fillups if that is making any difference. I fill up on average about once every 12 days - so it will be a while before I have any meaningful anecdotes about K&N filters.

So I'm going to search around a bit on the forum and look for some next steps, experiences with air filters, etc.

I think an added airdam could be an interesting next step...