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Originally Posted by digital rules
Welcome Gandolph!!
Wow, 35,000 miles is a quite a bit for one year. Are you using any kind of instrumentation? (Scangauge or Ultragauge)
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I agree that some form of instrumentation should be used to see in real time or near real time what your fuel economy is so you can fine tune your driving habits.
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With these changes and liberal use of the cruise control and obeying the speed limit out on the highways I've been getting just over 40 MPG in summer, and around 37 in winter. EPA estimate is 32.
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Cruise control can hurt fuel economy it seems. Depends on a number of factors. Of course cruise control is a nice feature that may be worth the extra "expense".
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I drive about 35,000 miles a year and that's dangerous enough as it is.
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Reminds me of when I first got my license (and started learning about hypermiling). I was driving about 20,000 to 30,000 a year the first two years I had my license. Learned a lot (about safe driving, hypermiling, costs of operating a vehicle, and more). I'm sure at times you get tired of driving lol. I sure did.
As for a grill block, just be careful of overheating. Don't want to save a few bucks at the expense of costly engine repairs lol.
You may also want to add your car to the Garage:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/emgarage.php