Change in driving style

*disclaimer - this does not count driving the SRT*

So over the past 2 weeks or so I have decided to see what toning my driving style down a bit would do for gas mileage. Some of the things I have adjusted are:

- Slowed the cruising speed down by about 5mph or so
- Eased into the throttle from a stop (at a light or something) instead of taking off
- Tried to coast as much as possible
- Built up speed and gave it as little throttle as possible up hills
- Didn't drive like a lunatic passing people and craziness haha :shifty:

So for the roughly, i dunno, 500 miles that i have been testing this, I have picked up so far 3mpg on average. so over my 20+ gallon tank in the Ram (this is done in an 05 Ram 1500 SLT Quad Cab 4x4 w/ the 5.7L HEMI) thats what? 60 extra miles per tank. Not a huge amount but it adds up i suppose.

Started off this test with an avg of about 15.2mpg in the truck, I got out of my truck this AM avging 18.5.

If I can cut down on the amount of gas I use driving to work every day. MOD MONEY! hahahaha :happy:

 

More mod money is always nice.

So lets see 60 miles per tank, at say 1 tank per week? 60x52 = 3120 miles / 18 MPG = 173 gallons of gas at $4 per gallon = about $690 per year.

 

sounds even better when you put it like that! hahaha

 

whats the point of moddin your ride if you can't drive it like a dick??????

 

READ THE DISCLAIMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it was for the Ram...not the SRT :thongue2:

 

Notice he said for his truck, not the SRT8...:bigwink:

 

hahahahaha my skittle gets an average of 14-32mpg:rofl:

 

well im very familiar with the 10-14 range hahahaha....on my BEST DAY in the truck I got 23mpg...that was on my trip from PA to SC....nice 12 hour trip lol

 

there have been times where i have gotten in the 10 area :rofl: but on our road course i average 14

 

yeah the "times" i get in that area are going up hills or in the winter when its in 4x4 (if im even as high as 10 lol) or just driving like i used to hahahaha

 

i burn alot of fuel in the winter too!!!

my wife hates it when im sliding and spinning around!!

 

No ... I read it .. but you can still drive a Ram 5.7 Hemi like a dick!

 

SUCK IT!!!!!!! hahahaha

its for the greater good of mod money for the SRT!

i think it also keeps my blood pressure down that im not ready to hurt people driving to work lol

im just hoping i dont :sleep: while driving hahaha

 

hahaha .. i hear you on that .. i love those 30second naps at red lights on my way into the office hahaha

 

Oh, phewf, Stevo, when I first came across this thread I thought you were gonna go all tree-hugger, enviro-sensitive on our bumbocities...

Glad it's only to save money for mods. Besides, I don't think that a Tilley hat and Birkenstocks would fly as you step out of any of your rides, man.

 

After having lived in VT for a while for work, if i can 1000000000000000% guarantee one thing...its that the word "hippy" and "stevo" will only be used together when referring to me when describing my hatred towards them hahahahaha