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and if i could *promote this, i would.
The rest of the developed world uses
kilometers per litrelitres per 100 kilometers (sorry about the mix-up) to measure fuel consumption.But it's true, keep your car maintained and you'll get better mileage -- plugs, oil, filters, all that!
"overfilled the tires a few psi and tried a technique called" -- whatnow?
That was the one piece of audio I couldn't interpret whatsoever.
"And tried a technique called pulse and glide"
At first I thought he said "selsun glide" - but I too couldn't understand him, so I donned my +23 Ring of Hearing (noise cancelling headpohones) and replayed it a few times to catch the word "glide." From there it was to Google, and now I give you this:
It's "pulse & glide"
http://www.metrompg.com/posts/pulse-and-glide.htm
I should note that as the inverse of fuel consumption, MPG is a terrible indicator. The difference from 5MPG to 8MPG is more than the difference from 15MPG to infinity MPG.
The rest of the developed world uses kilometers per litre to measure fuel consumption.
How does that make any sense? (as in: please explain it to me, my math skills are teh suck)
>> ^fissionchips:
I should note that as the inverse of fuel consumption, MPG is a terrible indicator. The difference from 5MPG to 8MPG is more than the difference from 15MPG to infinity MPG.
The rest of the developed world uses kilometers per litre to measure fuel consumption.
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How does that make any sense? (as in: please explain it to me, my math skills are teh suck)
Note: I had to fix the comment you quoted, I screwed up the units.
You've basically hit on my point though, which is that MPG is non-intuitive when used to compare the fuel economy of one vehicle to another.
For a given trip, you want to know how much fuel you used:
(Volume of gas) / (Distance travelled)
If your car uses twice as much gas to travel the same distance, the number doubles.
MPG is the inverse:
(Distance travelled) / (Volume of gas)
If your car uses twice as much gas to travel the same distance, the number halves.
It's difficult to describe the relationship with words. Wikipedia has a conversion chart:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_per_gallon#Units_of_measure
1: Fill tires to spec (maybe a little extra)
2: Low friction oil's (more expensive though)
3: Clean, Gap or change your spark plugs (if you get new ones, make sure they have the proper gap)
4: New air filter, or less restrictive air intake system (more power also!)
5: Less restrictive exhaust system (just don't make you car sound like a weedwacker)
6: Keep you auto clean of what you don't need in it, and clean on the outside also
*promote!
>> ^Trancecoach:
meanwhile, the whole ordeal cost him 50X more than it would have if he drove a car and not some jacked up shrine to OPEC.
It's a 5th generation Toyota Tacoma. The V6 is rated for 20mpg. Don't be ridiculous.