that would decrease the restriction in the air intake... hmmm

Quote from: r0tor on June 13, 2008, 05:43:04 AM
help, my gas mileage i3t da sux0r!

Last time I got gas I dumped a can of BG 44K fuel system/engine cleaner and I've been beating the piss out of my car ever since to get flow through the secondary and tertiary ports and injectors.

any ideas on my poor gas mileage? 

You are putting in the wrong fuel.

Your car is powered by 2 hamster wheels. It needs pellets and water.

Quote from: 280Z Turbo on June 13, 2008, 06:41:30 PM
You are putting in the wrong fuel.

Your car is powered by 2 hamster wheels. It needs pellets and water.

i'm going green and using soy pellets 

Quote from: r0tor on June 14, 2008, 11:32:32 AM
i'm going green and using soy pellets 

Beware, hamsters are known to go on strike when fed soy products.

Quote from: R-inge on June 13, 2008, 11:12:15 PM

That's not funny. My own joke just offended me.

I just started doing track days in an RX-7, so I've developed a soft spot for that noisy little hamster cage called a 12A. On the other hand, it also gives me the right to make fun of it even more.

Quote from: The Pirate on May 26, 2008, 10:52:00 PM

Good point, and I hear this all the time.  I work with a guy that drives a 2002 (or so) Subaru Legacy wagon.  It's paid off, and he's talking about selling it to get a Honda Fit or something.  It makes perfect sense to take on a $350 car payment (and raise your insurance costs as well) so you can save $100 per month on fuel. 

Though, I'm tempted to encourage his line of thinking here, so I can pick up his Subie!  I'll tell him it gets crappy mileage because of the AWD, so it's resale value is very poor! 

If you were to pay for it in outright cash, OK. But I don't think an '02 Legacy is worth that much.



Also, for a little car, the Fit's MPG's isn't that great. Only 27.....but the Civic gets almost identical milage.

Quote from: 2o6 on June 14, 2008, 08:14:45 PM

If you were to pay for it in outright cash, OK. But I don't think an '02 Legacy is worth that much.



Also, for a little car, the Fit's MPG's isn't that great. Only 27.....but the Civic gets almost identical milage.

Fit is rated 27 mpg in the city and 34 mpg highway, IIRC.  That's an average of 30 mpg, which is an improvement over the Legacy in question. 


And I don't understand what you are saying about the Legacy wagon.  Hypothetically, if I bought it for less than book value and paid cash (or financed for 2 years) it would be a good purchase.  And, KBB puts the value of this particular car at $8500.  That's a lot of money for a car (to me), and I couldn't exactly pay cash for that amount tomorrow. 

i did about another 10 miles today of freeway traveling at 75mph in 3rd gear at 7,5oo rpms.... engine wailing... glorious sounds while going through underpasses... neck snapping throttle response...

and i filled up my tank on the way home and still averaged 17.5 mpg this tank 

Moved home from Berkeley this past weekend. Car was (literally) full of stuff, A/C on most of the way, driving at 80 mph - and I still got 36 mpg for the trip!

So, I've been driving around at WOT everywhere for the last month, and my fuel economy blows a whole legion of chimp.  Any ideas?

Quote from: R-inge on August 04, 2008, 07:26:45 PM
So, I've been driving around at WOT everywhere for the last month, and my fuel economy blows a whole legion of chimp.  Any ideas?

I don't know.  I just averaged 17 mpg on my last go-around.  I thought that was great for how I've been driving.

Quote from: R-inge on August 04, 2008, 07:26:45 PM
So, I've been driving around at WOT everywhere for the last month, and my fuel economy blows a whole legion of chimp.  Any ideas?

You need one of these:





http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/shop_brands/tornado.html

Quote from: Danish on August 04, 2008, 07:34:23 PM
You need one of these:





http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/shop_brands/tornado.html

Sweet, I just ordered 5 on your recommendation.

Quote from: R-inge on August 05, 2008, 06:06:04 PM
Sweet, I just ordered 5 on your recommendation.

NO! That much fuel economy is bad! America needs its dependence on foreign oil!

made you look

LOL you did

http://news.yahoo.com/why-gas-below-2-parts-us-not-others-224233845.html