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Home > Blogs > Living Green > Archives > 2008 > May > 01 > Entry
Road warrior, part II
My experiment with more efficient driving (see the earlier “road warrior” post under “general green living”) has reached a conclusion. Granted, it’s about as scientific as sticking a finger up to measure wind direction, but my results do suggest there’s something to efficient driving techniques, such as shifting to high gears as soon as possible and avoiding jack-rabbit starts.
As I mentioned in the last post, I average about 250-275 miles a 7-gallon tank in my ratty old Honda Civic. I fueled up today, after consciously driving in an efficient manner since my last fill-up.
I got 283 miles out of that same 7-gallon tank. Not a quantum leap, but not bad, especially considering that it included two trips with bikes strapped to the back.
I’m going to keep playing with efficient driving to see how much mileage I can eke out of my car. Have you tried the same techniques? How do/did they work for you?
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By iHero
May 3, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this
Hi Matt, so about 1% difference. How about overinflating your tires slightly? Or removing some weight from your car?By iHero
May 3, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
The zero got dropped - should be 10% difference