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kopid03 · 10-11-2009, 03:58 PM

Well, I just got back from my trip, and I got 5 pretty good tanks with the car. I checked my tire pressure a while back and it was 30, with a recommended max of 44, so that explains my 33 mpg on my first few tanks. I went up to 48 psi for the trip, also had the grill block on the top grill, and the passenger mirror folded in.
I broke 40 mpg for one of the tanks, but there was probably a net downhill on that leg. Averaged about 37 mpg, I'll take that since the EPA mpg is 31. Now I'm hooked though, I want to block a bit of the bottom grill, as well as the fog light holes on the sides, and maybe make some wheel skirts.

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kopid03 EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 10 Zuma - '04 Yamaha Zuma 90 day: 72.37 mpg (US) Aveo2004 - '04 Chevrolet Aveo 90 day: 36.45 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well, I just got back from my trip, and I got 5 pretty good tanks with the car. I checked my tire pressure a while back and it was 30, with a recommended max of 44, so that explains my 33 mpg on my first few tanks. I went up to 48 psi for the trip, also had the grill block on the top grill, and the passenger mirror folded in. I broke 40 mpg for one of the tanks, but there was probably a net downhill on that leg. Averaged about 37 mpg, I'll take that since the EPA mpg is 31. Now I'm hooked though, I want to block a bit of the bottom grill, as well as the fog light holes on the sides, and maybe make some wheel skirts.