04-06-2009, 04:12 PM
|
#1 (permalink)
|
|
EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: southern ontario, canada
Posts: 10
Zippy - '06 PONTIAC WAVE 5DR 90 day: 38.73 mpg (US)
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
new guy
hi! im new! first, here's what i drive:
2006 Pontiac Wave 5dr (...aka aveo...). fuel consumption is within factory specs of 6L/100km highway and 8L/100km city. i employ simple tecniques so far, such as green-light timing, rabbit timing, slow accel and brake, commuting in an 80km/h zone as opposed to 100km/h zone.
...thebluelightbulb...
|
|
|
|
 Today
|
|
|
|
Other popular topics in this forum...
|
|
|
|
|
04-06-2009, 04:30 PM
|
#2 (permalink)
|
|
Batman Junior
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,534
Thanks: 4,082
Thanked 6,979 Times in 3,614 Posts
|
Welcome to the site. Have you got fuel consumption instrumentation yet?
What part of the province are you in, if you don't mind me asking?
|
|
|
|
|
04-06-2009, 05:16 PM
|
#3 (permalink)
|
|
Pokémoderator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southern California
Posts: 5,864
Thanks: 439
Thanked 532 Times in 358 Posts
|
thebluelightbulb -
Welcome to EM! Do you know what your tranny gear ratios are? I am curious to know if you have a better "eco-tranny" than what you can get in the USA.
I'm a blue-dot fan myself :
Wirth's Custom Automotive: 1956 Chevrolet Tail Light Lense w/glass blue dot
CarloSW2
|
|
|
|
|
04-06-2009, 06:11 PM
|
#4 (permalink)
|
|
Administrator
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Germantown, WI
Posts: 11,203
Thanks: 2,501
Thanked 2,589 Times in 1,555 Posts
|
Welcome to the site. How are you liking the car?
|
|
|
|
|
04-06-2009, 06:37 PM
|
#5 (permalink)
|
|
Dartmouth 2010
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hanover, NH
Posts: 6,447
Thanks: 92
Thanked 124 Times in 91 Posts
|
Welcome to ecomodder! Be sure to fill out a fuel log for your car,  |
|
|
|
|
04-06-2009, 09:21 PM
|
#6 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Cookeville, TN
Posts: 850
Thanks: 1
Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts
|
lol Are you moderators required to stop in here every ten seconds?
Whatsup TBLB?
In the event you run into someone who is grumpy here. . .they had a low MPG tank. . .it happens to us all.
Not very often though! ^_^
Depending on what you use your car for and local temps deletes are usually the easiest thing to udnertake. For example, you live in Canada and I am not sure how hot it gets during the summer. Cracking or opening windows all the way is more FE friendly than AC. Mine broke so I ripped it out. . .I mean um, I did it to conserve FE ^_^.
|
|
|
|
|
04-07-2009, 09:46 AM
|
#7 (permalink)
|
|
EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: southern ontario, canada
Posts: 10
Zippy - '06 PONTIAC WAVE 5DR 90 day: 38.73 mpg (US)
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
>> Welcome to the site. Have you got fuel consumption instrumentation yet?
i don't have instrumentation yet. im wondering if i should get a scanguage or see if i can cheap out with a vacuum gauge.
>> What part of the province are you in, if you don't mind me asking?
im in brantford. i commute to hamilton 5 days a week. one-way" 48km.
...thebluelightbulb...
|
|
|
|
|
04-07-2009, 09:48 AM
|
#8 (permalink)
|
|
EcoModding Lurker
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: southern ontario, canada
Posts: 10
Zippy - '06 PONTIAC WAVE 5DR 90 day: 38.73 mpg (US)
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
|
[QUOTE=cfg83;96115]thebluelightbulb -
Welcome to EM! Do you know what your tranny gear ratios are? I am curious to know if you have a better "eco-tranny" than what you can get in the USA.
all i know is that i have an aisin automatic. i have to look up my gear ratios. im sure it's the same as the us version.
...thebluelightbulb...
|
|
|
|
|
04-07-2009, 10:49 AM
|
#9 (permalink)
|
|
Left Lane Ecodriver
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
Posts: 2,257
Thanks: 79
Thanked 287 Times in 200 Posts
|
No, get a ScanGauge. It'll be the best $150 you'll ever spend. It gives you a much more complete picture of what's going on under the hood, which is important if you decide to do something like a grille block (which you should do this winter). Welcome to the forum!
|
|
|
|
|
04-07-2009, 11:38 AM
|
#10 (permalink)
|
|
Batman Junior
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,534
Thanks: 4,082
Thanked 6,979 Times in 3,614 Posts
|
An alternative to the ScanGauge, if you only want fuel consumption info (or can't afford the SG), is the MPGuino. Requires a small amount of skill to install & calibrate.
|
|
|
|
|
