I'm not kidding, I used to baby it and shift at 2,000 to 2,500 rpm.
It's that damn fuel mileage meter I can't stop looking at, especially as high as gas is not.
FInally I said forget it, reminding myself why I got the car. Now I turn off the fuel mileage meter and put it on the spedometer setting.
I don't accelerate hard, but I shift much later (3,000 to 4,000) and my average gas mileage has increased from 17 mpg to 19 mpg over my last 3 tanks!!!!!!!!!
OK you geniouses, how can this be :confused
BTW, my driving routes were identical for all of the tanks of gas. My route consists of about 50% city, 50% highway.
It's that damn fuel mileage meter I can't stop looking at, especially as high as gas is not.
FInally I said forget it, reminding myself why I got the car. Now I turn off the fuel mileage meter and put it on the spedometer setting.
I don't accelerate hard, but I shift much later (3,000 to 4,000) and my average gas mileage has increased from 17 mpg to 19 mpg over my last 3 tanks!!!!!!!!!
OK you geniouses, how can this be :confused
BTW, my driving routes were identical for all of the tanks of gas. My route consists of about 50% city, 50% highway.