Gas Saving Tips

[FijiBlueFG2HT]

Originally Posted by NEMESIS_2006

i always pop the gear in neutral on a downhill. does this have any benefit?

It has the benefit of frequent brake-pad installation.

[08civlx]

Originally Posted by whtdvl

i've considered removing the rear seat and tossed around the idea of removing the passenger seat
b/c i'm always in the car by myself so i don't really have any need for teh other seats

if i was terribly bored and had a tank that i wanted to go all out on i might pull all of those seats and pull the spare..but haven't gotten to that point yet

wont do much, not worth the time.

[gbawol]

Originally Posted by SlightInterest

Get gas on colder times of the day, the gas is more dense when lower in temperature.

So this is something that I never thought of. Are you saying that when you get gas in the winter you are actually pumping more gas in then say when you pump gas in the summer???

Or is the significance so low that it doesn't really matter?

[treal512]

Originally Posted by jatchan

remove the spare in the trunk

brilliant!!

[KJSatz]

The significance is so low it doesn't matter! Even if the gas were at 10F instead of 70F, it wouldn't make a big difference, but gas is stored underground, where temperature fluctuations are minimal.

[whtdvl]

Originally Posted by 08civlx

wont do much, not worth the time.

+100lbs wouldn't do anything?

i realize it won't do as much as a significant reduction in rolling weight (lighter rims, lighter tires, LRR tires)

[FijiBlueFG2HT]

100lbs itself doesn't do much...but 100lbs here and there quickly adds up to a significant amount.

Shaving 600lbs off of a 2800lb car does a lot.

[akronmusician413]

100lbs (sprung) of reduction would be noticable...i notice this difference when there is a passenger in my car

im pretty sure that it is an exponential sort of thing to a point

unsprung weight is definitely noticable...flywheel, rims, pulleys

[asndragonboii]

flywheel and pulleys are sprung weight



Dont forget to fill your tires with winter air. Replace headlight fluid to ensure they work. SAFETY FIRST!

[akronmusician413]

ok i see what you mean how the flywheel and pulleys are sprung weight

i meant reducing your rotational mass via flywheel, pulleys, and rims would be beneficial

wrong choice of words SOOORRRRRYYYYYYY

[packers04]

if you want weight reduction, noone seems to pay attention to how much they weigh themselves.

[akronmusician413]

Originally Posted by packers04

if you want weight reduction, noone seems to pay attention to how much they weigh themselves.

ya but some of us dont weigh much at all in the first place and driver and passengers are sprung weight

[240sxplan]

very good.. info in here... i like it.. most of the stuff are useful..

[jdlr1004]

i am in the city everyday and my gas is only lasting me about a week...i filled up 2 days ago and im at half...all i have is an aem intake....its an 09 civic...im not feeling much gas savings...

[akronmusician413]

my gas only lasts me about a week...but time is not a good way to judge how much gas you are using...how MANY MILES do you drive in a week? where do you drive the miles? how many cold starts do you a day?

HOW DO YOU DRIVE? (fast,slow,hypermiler,ricer,etc haha)

[gbawol]

Originally Posted by akronmusician413

HOW DO YOU DRIVE? (fast,slow,hypermiler,ricer,etc haha)

What would be the definition of driving like a ricer ?

[akronmusician413]

pulling up to a stoplight in your automatic civic in neutral falling back a little to make it look like your civic is a manual si because you swapped trunks with someone with an si and you rev the crap out of your engine at the minivan next to you then you put it back into the lowest gear you have (1?) and take off trying to make it seem like you are shifting gears then brake as hard as you can because you think you see a cop but it was really a taxi then you decide to try a ricer flyby on the corvette that is cruising ahead of you but it takes you like 20 seconds to get past him then you brake again as hard you can because there is slow traffic up ahead and you try to heel toe but its auto so your car just jerks around alot and the tranny breaks as you slam your car under a truck that was stopped then you look at your car when you get out and say man i think i could do a JDM front end conversion...thats what driving like a ricer would be right???

[sds]

Originally Posted by akronmusician413

pulling up to a stoplight in your automatic civic in neutral falling back a little to make it look like your civic is a manual si because you swapped trunks with someone with an si and you rev the crap out of your engine at the minivan next to you then you put it back into the lowest gear you have (1?) and take off trying to make it seem like you are shifting gears then brake as hard as you can because you think you see a cop but it was really a taxi then you decide to try a ricer flyby on the corvette that is cruising ahead of you but it takes you like 20 seconds to get past him then you brake again as hard you can because there is slow traffic up ahead and you try to heel toe but its auto so your car just jerks around alot and the tranny breaks as you slam your car under a truck that was stopped then you look at your car when you get out and say man i think i could do a JDM front end conversion...thats what driving like a ricer would be right???

Funniest **** I've heard in a while

[vtecmike1]

its funny because i've seen this.

[treal512]

lawls! ive done a N coast to the light to save gas, forgot to put it in gear when green and revved the **** outta my R18 next to a minivan with his windows down. i can prob put money on it, the first thing that probably came up in his head was "fkn ricer /facepalm."