to know me is to love/hate me
I am an admitted leadfoot, matter of fact, in the dictionary my name should be there....
however, today I proved myself.
as of this time, Ive managed to pull 200 miles from a 1/2 tank in my ranger, with a mix of 30 city/70 hwy driving. this is almost fully 1/4 tank better than avg, both for my driving and the rangers mpg, and my personal best. if I can grab close to another 200 miles on the gas left in my truck now, it will be a personal best, and quite possibly the best mileage anyone has gotten out of my model/engine. (3.0L V6)
I attribute a lot of it to a new gauge cluster that has a tach (so hard to watch your acceleration without one...) as well as doing a lot of driving in someones wind tunnel, and running 40psi. the best thing is I wasnt completely watching my driving the entire time, a few times I just got so frustrated with idiots on the road I gunned it just to get away from them. if I can manage an entire tank after the wheel nut mod I might be able to gain an additional 20+ miles from the tank.
also, Im quite sure Im experiencing that rare occurrence of putting a slightly smaller diameter tire on my vehicle and *gaining* mpg from that. I can literally feel my truck struggling less to get the tires moving and the truck up to speed, and with my old tires, going over a simple overpass would drop a gear, sometimes 2, now, it doesnt drop at all, just flows over no problem and my RPM's stay consistent.
very pleased with myself
