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Showing posts with label toyota 4Runner High Mileage Recycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toyota 4Runner High Mileage Recycling. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
Hyper Driving: Saved 1 mpg the first day!!!
A friend of mine mentioned to me this thing call Hyper Driving or Hyper Miling, and being a green guy, I was very interested to try it. So I read up on it on wikipedia and some other sites and tried it out today on my weekly trek to Tuscon, AZ. It's 100 miles one way, mostly flat and straight.
These are the methods I used:
Driving Barefoot (throttle sensitivity)
Average 60 mph
Average 2350 rpms
Pulse and Coast (rev up to 65mph then put it in neutral and coasted to 55mph)
Windows open under 55, AC on low above 55.
Coast on off-ramps
Coast down hills
If you are interested in getting the most gas mileage out of your current vehicle, this is the way to do it!!! I'm on my first true tank of hyper-miling after filling up with $4 gas for the first time. I'll keep you posted!s
These are the methods I used:
Driving Barefoot (throttle sensitivity)
Average 60 mph
Average 2350 rpms
Pulse and Coast (rev up to 65mph then put it in neutral and coasted to 55mph)
Windows open under 55, AC on low above 55.
Coast on off-ramps
Coast down hills
If you are interested in getting the most gas mileage out of your current vehicle, this is the way to do it!!! I'm on my first true tank of hyper-miling after filling up with $4 gas for the first time. I'll keep you posted!s
Friday, April 18, 2008
Add 10% to your gas mileage!
I did! Today, on my weekly trek to Tuscon, AZ for work I decided to try and drive in between 65 and 70 mph. I have been making the trip there for years doing 75-85 and always get 20 per gallon or less. So I wanted to see if slowing down helped my mileage and it did! By slowing down I dropped the RPM's of my 4runner thus running the engine at a lower speed and thus saving gas and $$$$. By the return of my trip I had 226.3 miles and used exactly 10 gallons of gas. I will try this again next week to time it exactly to see what the time difference is by actually slowing down.
Try it! Slow down 10 mph. Save the planet!
Here's some more tips to help improve your fuel efficency.
Thanks
Bob
Try it! Slow down 10 mph. Save the planet!
Here's some more tips to help improve your fuel efficency.
Thanks
Bob
Friday, February 8, 2008
Switch your air filter...Save gas!!!
I just changed my air filter in my 1996 Toyota 4Runner with 226k miles. I'm trying to see how my gas milage improves. I've noticed an increase in power, even with a stock filter. I have friends who run a K&N Filter system and have seen great results. I might get one, but I gotta save some gas $$$ first!
Just trying to make her last as long as I can!!!
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