| [GMCnet] mileage thoughts/ramblings [message #116370] |
Thu, 24 February 2011 13:26  |
Gary Worobec
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Registered: May 2005
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A couple of things I've considered.
1. Towd, it costs me about 10 cents a mile to tow the Tracker. On a destination trip like a rally, I'm going to rent a car when I get there. It was silly for us to tow the Tracker from LA to Pueblo for last years GMCI when I could have rented something from Enterprise for 30 bucks a day. Also, I think all ( yes, all) GMC'ers are responsible people. I would have no hesitation in letting someone use my towd here on the west coast if we are at a rally where I have the Tracker.
2. Swaps,I have a nice running well kept coach. If could find someone on the east coach with same, I would gladly do a swap for a week or two to explore the east coast, they could fly west and do the same. It's not like they would be unfamiliar with what to be on the lookout for. I cannot see Joanne and I taking the coach to the east coast even if gas prices dropped significantly.
3. Keep tires at optimum pressures
4. I do believe a lower FD makes sense/$cents. We went from the OEM 3.07 to a 3.55 and I definitely picked up some mileage.
5. Don't drive in traffic. If in a big city like LA plan your trip to avoid sitting in traffic. You can see the gas gauge fall with all the starting and stopping. The secondaries are just inhaling fuel.
6. Fuel injection, the jury is still out on that for us. I will say that considering we live at 4500 ft and you can't get anywhere west of the Rockies without some major climbs up and down I'm hoping that at least I'll be able to pick up some mpg on the all the climbing we do. If we lived in the Midwest, Texas, even the Southeast I don;t know if I would have dropped the cash I have into this FI system.
7. I don;t know much about the difference in the quality of the gas that comes out of a Shell or Chevron pump as opposed to what "Fast Willy's Discount Gas" sells. So while you might see a .$.25 cent difference can someone tell me if it's safe to use this stuff or if it is inferior does it reduce mpg to where the Shell and Chevron prices are a trade off?
Just some ramblings.
Thanks
Gary and Joanne Worobec
1973 GMC Glacier
Anza, CA
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