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Originally Posted by GRU
some people just don't have a "MPG friendly" route...when i used to live 2.5 miles from work i was getting terrible mileage because the engine was always cold and i had 8 stop's withing those 2.5 miles...now i get much better MPG but waste almost twice the fuel because it's a longer drive.
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I was in the same boat. I spent from 2002 to 2011 living with in 2 miles of work.
In the winter my drive was so short I had to charge the batteries on the suburban with a battery charger because they would go dead after a couple weeks from not fully charging in the cold due to the very short drive to and from work.
Over 9 years I figure I saved up to 2000 hours of drive time cut fuel use by around 70%.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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