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Old 03-16-2012, 12:13 PM   #404 (permalink)
NeilBlanchard
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Originally Posted by dmerle View Post
I drive an xA and have seen Neil's car a few times -- I thought it was the weirdest looking thing -- kind of reminded me of a Citroen! Then, yesterday I was behind him and saw his window sticker with the ecomodder.com site. I have been poking around the site. Great stuff in here!! With no mods at all, I average about 37 MPG. Now I'm inspired to try and push that up! Thanks.
My year round average was 37MPG as well, before I did any ecomods, or learned some new ecodriving techniques. My highest tank was 42.5mpg. This year my worst tank during January was 42.5, and my current best tank is 55.3MPG.

Do you have an automatic? The grill block was good for about 3-4mpg alone. A quicker warm up also means you can get the engine off of the enriched cycle more quickly.

The first thing I recommend is getting an UltraGuage or ScanGuage. The instant feedback on what you are doing with your right foot is invaluable.
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