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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
The problem with weight reduction on a suburban is you can spend a lot of money to get nearly no return, if you drive a lot of highway miles a 100lb reduction is only going to get you a 0.1mpg improvement.
In stop and go it might help a little more.
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Are you sure a 100lbs reduction in vehicle weight saves 0.1 mpg ? I have always heard a 100 lbs reduction in weight saves 1 mpg. With 0.1 % of gain a 1000 lbs reduction in vehicle weight would save 1 mpg, not !
