My company car includes gas and personal use. It offsets my wife's 20mpg Stinger that drinks super, although she takes mine when I work at home.
Have you changed your driving habits?
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I’m trying to drive the Lexus sedan more than the truck, and with discipline and fewer red lights it starts to return better mpg. But it’s so sensitive to idling at stops and any kind of acceleration that usually by the end of the tank it’s within 0.5 mpg of the f150. The last tank was 20.5 mpg, and the truck is currently at 20.0 with as much idling as I care for. My commute is an easy 45mph, and I’m pretty relaxed and don’t speed. Consolidating trips is about all I can do. Really, this is only a 20% increase, so it’s not huge (yet), but the dd thing here is that there have been long lines and runs on the gas stations as if there’s a shortage.
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I think I'm gonna start driving the ol' Camry again, bring it out of it's 5 year retirement from daily-driver status. Not just for gas savings, that isn't gonna make much of a difference to me. And I'm not usually one of those people that cares about miles put on my car, but I figure the Grand Cherokee is no Toyota, so if I can avoid some miles and wear and tear on it to put off future repairs, why not? I think the Camry has plenty more miles left in it. Drove it to the gas station today, hadn't driven it myself in months. It really does drive nice.
I only commute to the office 2x a week. So the Camry might get that and a longer drive on the weekend. The Grand Cherokee will get the short trips.
The 96' Jeep will sit in hibernation in the garage as usual. Planning on taking it on a trip in a few weeks though.
I only commute to the office 2x a week. So the Camry might get that and a longer drive on the weekend. The Grand Cherokee will get the short trips.
The 96' Jeep will sit in hibernation in the garage as usual. Planning on taking it on a trip in a few weeks though.
Combining more trips ... something I've always done but now I'm more thoughtful about it. For example, now I might postpone a trip for a day or two in order to combine it with something planned later in the week. Fortunately, most of the time I have the ability (luxury?) of scheduling most everything to my advantage and convenience.
Next oil change I may try an M1 0W-30 instead of the M1 5W-30 HM that's in the sump now. I've had the oil for a while and have been meaning to try it, and this seems like it might be a good time.
I had some tire/wheel work done and the shop filled the tires to the door-jamb-label 34-lbs instead of my preferred 30/28 lbs. I've decided to leave the tires at the higher pressure and see how well I can tolerate the ride on our terrible and rough streets.
Took a few things out of the trunk and now I'm carrying around about 50-lbs less weight. Should have removed the items some time ago, but I was lazy.
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I can't say my driving habits have changed a lot. With lots of my driving being on secondary roads with high deer population I usually drive below the speed limit and I already tried to consolidate trips when possible. I'm disabled so I don't have a work commute but my wife doesn't drive so the majority of my driving is taking her to and from work slightly over 40 miles per day.
What's the mileage difference between the two?
We're planning to do something similar. We have a couple-three 50+ mile trips coming up and we'll probably use sweetie's Prius instead of my Camry. I estimate that we'll save about 13 - 15 mpg on those trips by doing that. We were probably going to take the Prius anyway, at least on one of the trips, but now we'll definitely use it on all of those trips.
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Sounds like you're just about at the bare minimum. Not too long ago a few people laughed at me for suggesting more people buy bikes to get around if they don't have to go too far. Current gas prices might start making that more attractive for some people.
Nope, in fact I’m sick of driving the van and want my truck back from the body shop.
I am not in the US, but If I am just going somewhere and only need to haul my ass, then I ride a motorcycle.
Me? No. Other people? Nobody's done a WOT run near my house in at least a couple of days. I live near a straight two-lane road....
I drive 88 miles round trip to work, five days a week. I can drive the wifes Mazda3 (she works from home) or the Spider, they both get about the same mid-30's highway mileage. Even driving that much, the difference between the $2.69/gal I was paying not long ago, versus the $4.19/gal I've paid the last couple fill-ups, the weekly difference is barely $20. Not insignificant, $80 a month more for gas certainly doesnt make me happy, but its still pretty much financial background noise until or unless things get much worse. I'm happy to complain about the price of gas like anyone else, but I don't see my driving habits changing much, or at all, because of it. At least not at this point.
Will an electric car pull my 30 ft camper to Florida to camp, 400 miles at 65mph,,,,
No changes, other than filling up at 1/2 tank to make the total seem more reasonable 
I've been playing the mileage game a bit more on the scangauge, and trying a bit harder to combine chores into one trip. It's not really an inconvenience to do these things so I might as well. I always have lots of other things to spend money on than gas...
I have a tendency to hop in the Honda instead of the Ford F-150. High priced premium gas in the Corvette will tend to make me drive it a few less miles. I believe most people will cut back just a little if they can because it's gas is so expensive. I am thinking about getting the Toyota Corolla hybrid which gets 52/53 mpg. If I had that I would be a windshield Wally.
I have four cars, but they're just regular cars not big trucks or SUVs. Each can do 30+ MPG on the highway to a greater or lesser extent. My one car which needs premium (WRX) has been in the garage all winter to keep the salt off of it.
My commute to work is just four miles each way.... If I need to, I can ride my bike. It just isn't the season for that yet.
My commute to work is just four miles each way.... If I need to, I can ride my bike. It just isn't the season for that yet.
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