Hello ALL!
I am new here. I've lerked once or twice in the past but never thought slow driving was for me :cool:
Well a few details later and I have a 99 SVT Contour and my heavy right foot and the need to go faster than the next guy, well make this thing drink gas like a fish drinking water. That lead me to my next thought was how much could I improve my mileage with just a scangauge II? So that is my goal is to attain 30mpg average whether or not its mixed or highway I will be happy. I have been reading on hypermiling and going slow is alot let frantic and stressful just to stick to the right lane and putz along. One thing I have found is that my commute home is about 60% stop and go. No changing that so I enjoy getting behind semis because I can leave 3-4 car lenghts and no one cuts in front of me (because who wants to get stuck behind a semi :thumbup:) I mostly started this because my car is a 5 speed and I hate clutching in and out in traffic so I avoid it by finding one of these guys. Anyway that's enough rambeling for today. Happy to be here and look foward to seeing if I can attian my goal, Happy Driving, Jon |
Welcome to the site.
The scangauge is really a huge help when learning to drive more efficiently. I have one in each of my vehicles. What kind of mileage are you currently getting? |
well poor milage....When my low fuel light comes on I fill up and that from what I have read leaves about 2 gallons in the tank. I put in about 10-11.5 gallons in each time. and I have been getting about 215-218 miles to a tank. highway..... in town less than 180miles to a tank.
by my guess 16 or less in town and around 20 highway... |
Welcome. Itsounds like you have room for improvement. You can gain quite a bit by adjusting the nut behimd the wheel, sounds like you are on your way there already. I lusted after those cars 190 hp, 3000 lb curb weight, and a 5sd trans. Found some specs for you. STUFF.to Experience: 1998 Ford Contour SVT Specs
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Oh yes the nut behind the wheel needs torquing LOL! My motto was left lane get out of my way this MY road and I WILL go AS FAST AS I WANT!!!
That needs to change with getting alittle older and getting a wife that insists there is no need to drive like that I am trying to change my thinking. I just ordered up a scangauge II it will be here at the end of the month. Thanks for the link I have come accossed that info before a few times. My 99 actually puts out 200hp and 165lbs/ft at the crank. I am excited to see how far a stock "performance" car can be pushed for MPG. I also want to see by just changing my habits what can I achieve? Thanks for the warm welcome too. This is by far one of the nicer forums I have been on. |
We have numerous 'performance' cars in the garage. Check it out to see what others have been able to do.
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based on that looks like I have some work ahead of me to achive me goals
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If you put your car in the garage, you can track milage, mods , Join a team( consider Sports Cars ) and keep track of consumption. Fuel price is included in the log as well as milage and gallons used.
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It increases your awareness, and shows what works for the car and what is costing you extra fuel - that is what makes you save fuel. The better you work with it, the more fuel you'll save. Quote:
Twofold - by driving slower - by braking and accelerating less No-one's really going much faster in a traffic jam. ;) Quote:
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Try to avoid 1st unless you're actually stopped, and shift into 2nd right away. If you can't stay in 2nd (or 3rd) all the time, do a short burst in 2nd (pulse) (or 3rd, depending on speed) , then shift out of gear into neutral, and let it roll (glide) . Repeat when speed drops too much / the gap widens too much. My mileage used to drop like a stone in traffic jams - now using the above technique, it's sometimes going up due to the lower speed ;) You could use that technique in town as well. On short stretches of road, accelerate to a speed that'll allow you to roll the remaining distance to the next light / stop-sign / corner, then shift into neutral and coast. On longer roads, maintain a speed up to a point where it'll allow you to roll the remaining distance to the next light / stop-sign / corner, then shift into neutral and coast. Hard-core hypermilers even shut down the engine while they coast ;) |
I have tried that a few times last night. Nothing new to me I used to practice how to react if I ever lost all power and the engine quit. Sounds dorky but I like being prepared for the worst case, hope for the best case.
Thanks for the replies all, Jon |
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