How much gas money have you saved via ecomodding?

[Frank Lee]

Money saved due to "ecomods"- who knows? Money saved due to bicycling, walking, living close to work, doing my own tuning, maintenance, and repair, and choosing cheap/free yet fuel efficient vehicles... LOTS.

[Arrow]

I think, when driving in highway speeds it's easier to drive close or a bit over the speed limit with highly FE car. When you know that the car won't eat you alive at the pump.

[brucepick]

Not exactly an answer to Basjoos' question, but...

I saved well over $4000 driving my Civic since its purchase, as compared with what I would have spent driving my previous daily driver ('89 Volvo 240 wagon). I posted that in Aug. 2011, after driving the Civic nearly 3 years.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ars-18611.html

[320touring]

this is an interesting one..

the iS has saved money on almost every tank, BUT that money has gone on servicing and repairs.

How much of that is down to wear and tear, vs hypermiling, I dont know

[California98Civic]

Originally Posted by brucepick

I saved well over $4000 driving my Civic since its purchase, as compared with what I would have spent driving my previous daily driver ('89 Volvo 240 wagon).

Brucepick, now keep a running tally of when or how long it will be before the hypermiling of the Civic alone will pay for the Civic! It'll take me about a decade. But I have already had the car for a decade...

[Daox]

Here is a total from all my fuel logs:

Car ---- Miles -- $ Saved
Prius -- 46430 - $2668.51
Paseo - 28655 - $1615.17
Aveo -- 2096 -- $162.10
Matrix - 68559 - $4847.86
Total - 145740 - $9293.64

[Fr3AkAzOiD]

$2,403.40 from this car.

Aside from normal wear and tear items I've spent less then $25 modding the car.

[brucepick]

Originally Posted by 320touring

this is an interesting one..

the iS has saved money on almost every tank, BUT that money has gone on servicing and repairs.

How much of that is down to wear and tear, vs hypermiling, I dont know

It's because it's a Bimmer.

[UFO]

I've saved very little from hypermiling even though my average fuel mileage has improved from 37 mpg to 45 mpg. Why? Because my fuel is so cheap.

However, I save $2000 annually by making my own biodiesel.

[Kodak]

Cool question. I'll assume a gas price of $3.89 since it jumps around so much.

I drove about 7,000 miles before I started recording my mileage in Excel, so those miles will have to be forgotten for now.

Excel has me at about 10,000 miles since July of 2010. I used 20 mpg (combined EPA) as baseline, and estimated my average over that time to be 23.5. I started my log on here after my personal Excel log.


Long story short, about 74 gallons of fuel or about $288 in 16 months.

Edit: I should clarify that my only 'eco mod' is a bed cover. The rest is just hypermiling.