OK, here's my gas mileage skinny........
Been inspired by Aldive......
1998 Sport 4.0L, 5 speed 3.78 LSD. 109K miles.....
6 year average, mix driving, normal foot: 20 MPG. Some less, some more but 20 average.
Updates in the last 60 days..........
- Bosch +2 plugs
- New Autolite wires
- remove roof rack cross bars
- cleaned MAF
- swiss cheese air box
- normal 10w40 oil
- windows up, A/C on
- careful driving, grandma style, slow starts, 60-65 mph in hwy
Net: 23.5 MPG over about 10 tanks.
Left to try ($$$ items).......
- synthetic oil (doubtful it's worth it: extra cost versus gas savings)
- synthetic diffy fluid
- K&N or KKM
- chip
My fuel costs at 23.5 mpg and $2.00 per gallon are 8.51 cents/mile
If I improve 1 MPG then I save 0.35 cents per mile or $3.50 every 1000 miles.
So, I've gotten the cheap and easy improvements. Have to decide whether to spend the money on the more expensive ones........
Randy