Comments on: Check Out These 5 Gas Myths http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/check-out-these-5-gas-myths.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:01:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Debt Hater http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/check-out-these-5-gas-myths.html/comment-page-1#comment-13169 Debt Hater Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:03:15 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/check-out-these-5-gas-myths.html#comment-13169 I'm glad it's not just me. I always knew some of those gas saving tips sounded absurd. How badly could you drive to get 10 mpg out of a two-door coupe? And I feel much better about running the AC, expecially in the humidity of middle Tennessee, rolling down the windows won't cut it! I’m glad it’s not just me. I always knew some of those gas saving tips sounded absurd. How badly could you drive to get 10 mpg out of a two-door coupe? And I feel much better about running the AC, expecially in the humidity of middle Tennessee, rolling down the windows won’t cut it!

]]> By: Matt http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/check-out-these-5-gas-myths.html/comment-page-1#comment-12726 Matt Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:30:38 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/check-out-these-5-gas-myths.html#comment-12726 Save gas by turning off the AC? Um...yeah, right. Save a few drops of gas, kill a few pedestrians when I pass out from heat exhaustion (or maybe just people I can't see through the sweat streaming into my eyes). Not a good trade-off. :) Save gas by turning off the AC? Um…yeah, right. Save a few drops of gas, kill a few pedestrians when I pass out from heat exhaustion (or maybe just people I can’t see through the sweat streaming into my eyes). Not a good trade-off. :)

]]> By: Spades http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/check-out-these-5-gas-myths.html/comment-page-1#comment-12663 Spades Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:20:43 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/check-out-these-5-gas-myths.html#comment-12663 I actually have got around 10mpg in my 30mpg car. I have a celica gts and i drove it to the red line everytime..that burned gas fast ;) Only did it once..no desire to do that again :P I actually have got around 10mpg in my 30mpg car. I have a celica gts and i drove it to the red line everytime..that burned gas fast ;) Only did it once..no desire to do that again :P

]]> By: mapgirl http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/check-out-these-5-gas-myths.html/comment-page-1#comment-12650 mapgirl Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:00:47 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/check-out-these-5-gas-myths.html#comment-12650 I find a lot of this stuff is ridiculous. Just keep track of your own MPG faithfully and try to figure out what you're doing on your daily habits. For instance, I can get 30mpg consistently on long haul drives depending on the time of day. I also know that if I get into the office before 8am, I generally sit less in stop and go traffic and my gas mileage is better that week. Who cares what is posted on a little sticker when you buy the vehicle? Just track what you are doing every week and adjust from there. It never ceases to amaze me how lazy people are by taking one number and never questioning it. Here's a case where you can track your own data and make adjustments. Just tank up the car, note the mileage you got since your last fueling and then use the calculator on your cellphone to figure out the mpg on the last tank. Geez. I know when I hit the accelerator and drive like a demon my mpg plummets to 24, and there are times where I'll do it for the pure fun of driving. *shakes head* Why do people let the government tell them what the truth is about their car? They can get real feedback everytime they gas up. (/me is being a total grouch today. Sorry Jim!) I find a lot of this stuff is ridiculous. Just keep track of your own MPG faithfully and try to figure out what you’re doing on your daily habits. For instance, I can get 30mpg consistently on long haul drives depending on the time of day. I also know that if I get into the office before 8am, I generally sit less in stop and go traffic and my gas mileage is better that week.

Who cares what is posted on a little sticker when you buy the vehicle? Just track what you are doing every week and adjust from there. It never ceases to amaze me how lazy people are by taking one number and never questioning it. Here’s a case where you can track your own data and make adjustments. Just tank up the car, note the mileage you got since your last fueling and then use the calculator on your cellphone to figure out the mpg on the last tank.

Geez. I know when I hit the accelerator and drive like a demon my mpg plummets to 24, and there are times where I’ll do it for the pure fun of driving.

*shakes head* Why do people let the government tell them what the truth is about their car? They can get real feedback everytime they gas up. (/me is being a total grouch today. Sorry Jim!)

]]> By: Tool Man http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/check-out-these-5-gas-myths.html/comment-page-1#comment-12645 Tool Man Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:59:34 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/check-out-these-5-gas-myths.html#comment-12645 Side note, the EPA MPG numbers that are on all new car window stickers are going to change in upcoming years. The CAFE standards for calculating these numbers are 20 years old. Tests on the car are run on a dynamometer type device with a certain speed vs. time profile. People were arguing that nowadays no one drives 55mph on the highway, and the mpg number should reflect the common driving speed for a more accurate representation. What this means basically is that you will see cars that will have lower highway mpg numbers than they used to. Hybrid car dealers are worried that this will negatively affect sales because the hybrids won't have the 40-50mpg highway number anymore, though relatively speaking they will still be tops on the list. Side note, the EPA MPG numbers that are on all new car window stickers are going to change in upcoming years. The CAFE standards for calculating these numbers are 20 years old. Tests on the car are run on a dynamometer type device with a certain speed vs. time profile. People were arguing that nowadays no one drives 55mph on the highway, and the mpg number should reflect the common driving speed for a more accurate representation. What this means basically is that you will see cars that will have lower highway mpg numbers than they used to. Hybrid car dealers are worried that this will negatively affect sales because the hybrids won’t have the 40-50mpg highway number anymore, though relatively speaking they will still be tops on the list.

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