Never Thought
09-01-2005, 06:02 PM
#11
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Re: Never Thought
> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
I never thought...the day would come where I didn't crave a new Wrangler.
Unfortunately, it has come due to gas prices. My current Wrangler has 150K
on the odometer and is rusting worse everyday. I'm seriously thinking of
getting a little 4 banger econobox this year to replace it...
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
I never thought...the day would come where I didn't crave a new Wrangler.
Unfortunately, it has come due to gas prices. My current Wrangler has 150K
on the odometer and is rusting worse everyday. I'm seriously thinking of
getting a little 4 banger econobox this year to replace it...
09-01-2005, 06:02 PM
#12
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Re: Never Thought
> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
I never thought...the day would come where I didn't crave a new Wrangler.
Unfortunately, it has come due to gas prices. My current Wrangler has 150K
on the odometer and is rusting worse everyday. I'm seriously thinking of
getting a little 4 banger econobox this year to replace it...
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
I never thought...the day would come where I didn't crave a new Wrangler.
Unfortunately, it has come due to gas prices. My current Wrangler has 150K
on the odometer and is rusting worse everyday. I'm seriously thinking of
getting a little 4 banger econobox this year to replace it...
09-01-2005, 06:02 PM
#13
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Re: Never Thought
> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
I never thought...the day would come where I didn't crave a new Wrangler.
Unfortunately, it has come due to gas prices. My current Wrangler has 150K
on the odometer and is rusting worse everyday. I'm seriously thinking of
getting a little 4 banger econobox this year to replace it...
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
I never thought...the day would come where I didn't crave a new Wrangler.
Unfortunately, it has come due to gas prices. My current Wrangler has 150K
on the odometer and is rusting worse everyday. I'm seriously thinking of
getting a little 4 banger econobox this year to replace it...
09-01-2005, 06:05 PM
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Re: Never Thought
I am Jeepless in Spain right now, and I just drove a tiny little Renault the
382 kilómetros from Madrid to Vitoria-Gasteiz, on 24 Euros worth of la
gasolina, which is going for about two dollars por litro over here. They're
paying at least twice what you are in America. I am looking for an
apartament now, and maybe a bicycle to use while I am here.
If you use strictly the "highest gear possible" you may be operating your
engine at too low rpms, a condition the old timers like to call "lugging".
People found this out during the 70's gasoline crises, when the vehicle
manufacturers tried to compensate for the shortage of fuel, by putting
really, really inappropriate gear ratios in the new cars. The Dodge
dealership where I worked made a pretty good business, swapping ring and
pinion sets for people who wanted their Aspens to be driveable. Some
reported that their fuel mileage actually increased, a lot, after the
upgrade!
Earle
"Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ibydnVJj9bvt-4reRVn-ug@comcast.com...
> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>
> Coasty
> rem the spooge to reply
>
>
382 kilómetros from Madrid to Vitoria-Gasteiz, on 24 Euros worth of la
gasolina, which is going for about two dollars por litro over here. They're
paying at least twice what you are in America. I am looking for an
apartament now, and maybe a bicycle to use while I am here.
If you use strictly the "highest gear possible" you may be operating your
engine at too low rpms, a condition the old timers like to call "lugging".
People found this out during the 70's gasoline crises, when the vehicle
manufacturers tried to compensate for the shortage of fuel, by putting
really, really inappropriate gear ratios in the new cars. The Dodge
dealership where I worked made a pretty good business, swapping ring and
pinion sets for people who wanted their Aspens to be driveable. Some
reported that their fuel mileage actually increased, a lot, after the
upgrade!
Earle
"Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ibydnVJj9bvt-4reRVn-ug@comcast.com...
> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>
> Coasty
> rem the spooge to reply
>
>
09-01-2005, 06:05 PM
#15
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Re: Never Thought
I am Jeepless in Spain right now, and I just drove a tiny little Renault the
382 kilómetros from Madrid to Vitoria-Gasteiz, on 24 Euros worth of la
gasolina, which is going for about two dollars por litro over here. They're
paying at least twice what you are in America. I am looking for an
apartament now, and maybe a bicycle to use while I am here.
If you use strictly the "highest gear possible" you may be operating your
engine at too low rpms, a condition the old timers like to call "lugging".
People found this out during the 70's gasoline crises, when the vehicle
manufacturers tried to compensate for the shortage of fuel, by putting
really, really inappropriate gear ratios in the new cars. The Dodge
dealership where I worked made a pretty good business, swapping ring and
pinion sets for people who wanted their Aspens to be driveable. Some
reported that their fuel mileage actually increased, a lot, after the
upgrade!
Earle
"Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ibydnVJj9bvt-4reRVn-ug@comcast.com...
> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>
> Coasty
> rem the spooge to reply
>
>
382 kilómetros from Madrid to Vitoria-Gasteiz, on 24 Euros worth of la
gasolina, which is going for about two dollars por litro over here. They're
paying at least twice what you are in America. I am looking for an
apartament now, and maybe a bicycle to use while I am here.
If you use strictly the "highest gear possible" you may be operating your
engine at too low rpms, a condition the old timers like to call "lugging".
People found this out during the 70's gasoline crises, when the vehicle
manufacturers tried to compensate for the shortage of fuel, by putting
really, really inappropriate gear ratios in the new cars. The Dodge
dealership where I worked made a pretty good business, swapping ring and
pinion sets for people who wanted their Aspens to be driveable. Some
reported that their fuel mileage actually increased, a lot, after the
upgrade!
Earle
"Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ibydnVJj9bvt-4reRVn-ug@comcast.com...
> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>
> Coasty
> rem the spooge to reply
>
>
09-01-2005, 06:05 PM
#16
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Re: Never Thought
I am Jeepless in Spain right now, and I just drove a tiny little Renault the
382 kilómetros from Madrid to Vitoria-Gasteiz, on 24 Euros worth of la
gasolina, which is going for about two dollars por litro over here. They're
paying at least twice what you are in America. I am looking for an
apartament now, and maybe a bicycle to use while I am here.
If you use strictly the "highest gear possible" you may be operating your
engine at too low rpms, a condition the old timers like to call "lugging".
People found this out during the 70's gasoline crises, when the vehicle
manufacturers tried to compensate for the shortage of fuel, by putting
really, really inappropriate gear ratios in the new cars. The Dodge
dealership where I worked made a pretty good business, swapping ring and
pinion sets for people who wanted their Aspens to be driveable. Some
reported that their fuel mileage actually increased, a lot, after the
upgrade!
Earle
"Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ibydnVJj9bvt-4reRVn-ug@comcast.com...
> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>
> Coasty
> rem the spooge to reply
>
>
382 kilómetros from Madrid to Vitoria-Gasteiz, on 24 Euros worth of la
gasolina, which is going for about two dollars por litro over here. They're
paying at least twice what you are in America. I am looking for an
apartament now, and maybe a bicycle to use while I am here.
If you use strictly the "highest gear possible" you may be operating your
engine at too low rpms, a condition the old timers like to call "lugging".
People found this out during the 70's gasoline crises, when the vehicle
manufacturers tried to compensate for the shortage of fuel, by putting
really, really inappropriate gear ratios in the new cars. The Dodge
dealership where I worked made a pretty good business, swapping ring and
pinion sets for people who wanted their Aspens to be driveable. Some
reported that their fuel mileage actually increased, a lot, after the
upgrade!
Earle
"Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ibydnVJj9bvt-4reRVn-ug@comcast.com...
> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>
> Coasty
> rem the spooge to reply
>
>
09-01-2005, 06:05 PM
#17
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Re: Never Thought
I am Jeepless in Spain right now, and I just drove a tiny little Renault the
382 kilómetros from Madrid to Vitoria-Gasteiz, on 24 Euros worth of la
gasolina, which is going for about two dollars por litro over here. They're
paying at least twice what you are in America. I am looking for an
apartament now, and maybe a bicycle to use while I am here.
If you use strictly the "highest gear possible" you may be operating your
engine at too low rpms, a condition the old timers like to call "lugging".
People found this out during the 70's gasoline crises, when the vehicle
manufacturers tried to compensate for the shortage of fuel, by putting
really, really inappropriate gear ratios in the new cars. The Dodge
dealership where I worked made a pretty good business, swapping ring and
pinion sets for people who wanted their Aspens to be driveable. Some
reported that their fuel mileage actually increased, a lot, after the
upgrade!
Earle
"Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ibydnVJj9bvt-4reRVn-ug@comcast.com...
> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>
> Coasty
> rem the spooge to reply
>
>
382 kilómetros from Madrid to Vitoria-Gasteiz, on 24 Euros worth of la
gasolina, which is going for about two dollars por litro over here. They're
paying at least twice what you are in America. I am looking for an
apartament now, and maybe a bicycle to use while I am here.
If you use strictly the "highest gear possible" you may be operating your
engine at too low rpms, a condition the old timers like to call "lugging".
People found this out during the 70's gasoline crises, when the vehicle
manufacturers tried to compensate for the shortage of fuel, by putting
really, really inappropriate gear ratios in the new cars. The Dodge
dealership where I worked made a pretty good business, swapping ring and
pinion sets for people who wanted their Aspens to be driveable. Some
reported that their fuel mileage actually increased, a lot, after the
upgrade!
Earle
"Coasty" <uscg_retSPOOGE.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ibydnVJj9bvt-4reRVn-ug@comcast.com...
> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit 55
> max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I filled up
> todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily driver the Dodge
> Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>
> Coasty
> rem the spooge to reply
>
>
09-01-2005, 06:17 PM
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Re: Never Thought
Tom Maho did pass the time by typing:
> MudPuppy76 wrote:
>> Coasty wrote:
>>
>>> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
>>> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit
>>> 55 max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I
>>> filled up todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily
>>> driver the Dodge Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
>>> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>>>
>>> Coasty
>>> rem the spooge to reply
>>>
>> $3.15 this morning in albany, ny. ACK!
>>
>
> 2.99 this morning and 3.19 this afternoon in NE PA. Yesterday morning it
> was 2.59.
I like this site. http://gasbuddy.com/
It's hard to drive in a way to get good mileage. You have to plan around
not using the brake and that drives a lot of motorists out there completely
bonkers. Guess they would rather rush up to the light and sit than coast
through. Their loss. Then again I've noticed the "don't waste fuel
stopping for anything" bunch.
The 10speed is looking better each day.
--
DougW
> MudPuppy76 wrote:
>> Coasty wrote:
>>
>>> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
>>> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit
>>> 55 max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I
>>> filled up todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily
>>> driver the Dodge Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
>>> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>>>
>>> Coasty
>>> rem the spooge to reply
>>>
>> $3.15 this morning in albany, ny. ACK!
>>
>
> 2.99 this morning and 3.19 this afternoon in NE PA. Yesterday morning it
> was 2.59.
I like this site. http://gasbuddy.com/
It's hard to drive in a way to get good mileage. You have to plan around
not using the brake and that drives a lot of motorists out there completely
bonkers. Guess they would rather rush up to the light and sit than coast
through. Their loss. Then again I've noticed the "don't waste fuel
stopping for anything" bunch.
The 10speed is looking better each day.
--
DougW
09-01-2005, 06:17 PM
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Re: Never Thought
Tom Maho did pass the time by typing:
> MudPuppy76 wrote:
>> Coasty wrote:
>>
>>> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
>>> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit
>>> 55 max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I
>>> filled up todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily
>>> driver the Dodge Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
>>> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>>>
>>> Coasty
>>> rem the spooge to reply
>>>
>> $3.15 this morning in albany, ny. ACK!
>>
>
> 2.99 this morning and 3.19 this afternoon in NE PA. Yesterday morning it
> was 2.59.
I like this site. http://gasbuddy.com/
It's hard to drive in a way to get good mileage. You have to plan around
not using the brake and that drives a lot of motorists out there completely
bonkers. Guess they would rather rush up to the light and sit than coast
through. Their loss. Then again I've noticed the "don't waste fuel
stopping for anything" bunch.
The 10speed is looking better each day.
--
DougW
> MudPuppy76 wrote:
>> Coasty wrote:
>>
>>> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
>>> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit
>>> 55 max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I
>>> filled up todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily
>>> driver the Dodge Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
>>> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>>>
>>> Coasty
>>> rem the spooge to reply
>>>
>> $3.15 this morning in albany, ny. ACK!
>>
>
> 2.99 this morning and 3.19 this afternoon in NE PA. Yesterday morning it
> was 2.59.
I like this site. http://gasbuddy.com/
It's hard to drive in a way to get good mileage. You have to plan around
not using the brake and that drives a lot of motorists out there completely
bonkers. Guess they would rather rush up to the light and sit than coast
through. Their loss. Then again I've noticed the "don't waste fuel
stopping for anything" bunch.
The 10speed is looking better each day.
--
DougW
09-01-2005, 06:17 PM
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Re: Never Thought
Tom Maho did pass the time by typing:
> MudPuppy76 wrote:
>> Coasty wrote:
>>
>>> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
>>> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit
>>> 55 max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I
>>> filled up todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily
>>> driver the Dodge Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
>>> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>>>
>>> Coasty
>>> rem the spooge to reply
>>>
>> $3.15 this morning in albany, ny. ACK!
>>
>
> 2.99 this morning and 3.19 this afternoon in NE PA. Yesterday morning it
> was 2.59.
I like this site. http://gasbuddy.com/
It's hard to drive in a way to get good mileage. You have to plan around
not using the brake and that drives a lot of motorists out there completely
bonkers. Guess they would rather rush up to the light and sit than coast
through. Their loss. Then again I've noticed the "don't waste fuel
stopping for anything" bunch.
The 10speed is looking better each day.
--
DougW
> MudPuppy76 wrote:
>> Coasty wrote:
>>
>>> Well, gas hit $3.09 here in southern MD, been driving the TJ to work,
>>> changed my driving habbits with slow start-ups follow the speed limit
>>> 55 max, shift with the light and use the highest gear possible. I
>>> filled up todat and got 20.3 mpg it beats the hell out of the daily
>>> driver the Dodge Ram 4x4 which on a good day gets 13 mpg.
>>> I never thought I would say a TJ gets good gas milage.
>>>
>>> Coasty
>>> rem the spooge to reply
>>>
>> $3.15 this morning in albany, ny. ACK!
>>
>
> 2.99 this morning and 3.19 this afternoon in NE PA. Yesterday morning it
> was 2.59.
I like this site. http://gasbuddy.com/
It's hard to drive in a way to get good mileage. You have to plan around
not using the brake and that drives a lot of motorists out there completely
bonkers. Guess they would rather rush up to the light and sit than coast
through. Their loss. Then again I've noticed the "don't waste fuel
stopping for anything" bunch.
The 10speed is looking better each day.
--
DougW