60MPG in city!

[Baltothewolf]

Originally Posted by Old Mechanic

Measure the tread width on the front and back of both front tires (which groove makes not difference, just the same one). The 1st gen Insight toe is very close to 0 difference. It has to be done with the car on the ground, preferrably after having rolled at least 50 feet.

regards
mech

Woah Wut, I'm either really really stupid or to tired to comprehend what your saying haha.

[RedDevil]

If the threads at the front of both tires are closer together than at the back you have toe in, the other way round toe out.

Take a tape measure and an accomplice and make him/her put the tab in the outermost (easiest to reach) groove in the thread at the front of a tire.
If your tires have a straight groove, like in the middle of the thread as some tires do, take that.
Pull the tape measure tight and straight to the front of the tire on the other side and read what it says at your favorite groove.

Do the same at the back of each tire. If the distance there differs you don't have neutral alignment.

Divide the difference by the distance between front and rear measuring point and you get your percentage.

If at the front the grooves are say 1451 mm (57 1/8") apart
and at the back they are just 1445 (56 7/8"), so 6 mm (1/4 ") difference,
and the difference between both points is 305 mm (12"),
then you'd have about 2% total difference, making 1% toe out per wheel.

[96Midori]

I just hit 40 mpg for the first time. Doesn't sound as cool after reading this, haha.

[cowmeat]

Nice one, Balto! I think that's about what I am averaging in the city, too.

I may re-think my daily commute route once again, and try to get away from so much stop-and-start. There's a back way I might try that's a little longer, but has far less stops, and when I carpool with my wife it's more of a straight shot to her work.

With a route change I should be able to wind up getting over 70 mpg without doing anything other than what I'm doing now. I am also going to add a full belly pan in the next couple of weeks, which might help, too!

[XYZ]

Originally Posted by Baltothewolf

Woah Wut, I'm either really really stupid or to tired to comprehend what your saying haha.

Hey, Wolfy. Aren't you the guy that has attracted a lot of attention and sincere help concerning your ongoing overheating problem, in another thread here?

I'm not too stupid or tired to comprehend what you're saying.

Ha ha, indeed. We can all play each other.

BTW, I got 100 MPG today in city traffic. And that's down from 120 MPG from last week.