10 Tips to Increase your Fuel Mileage with Jack Martin

Jack got 124 mpg during a hyper-miling challenge

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Mileage
• MPG
• Sustainability
• Efficiency
• TS_Designs

[youspic]

@TIGHTWADHERMAN ok thank you!

[TIGHTWADHERMAN]

@youspic // Pick you up ULTRA SCAN GAUGE EM // There 1/3 the cost and twice as many fissures // I got mine 6 months ago and i love it // Just there web site there around 65.00 dollars // They only sale direct // How ever there are some people on EBAY sale'n them // But cost you few dollars more // Hope this helps

Check out you tube vidio's on ULTRA SCAN GAUGE

[marshalllhiepler]

I would love to bet you that you could not get 124mpg, as verified by an independent and qualified source. I could use the free money.

Not saying you aren't getting excellent fuel mileage, but it is not necessary to exaggerate if you have helpful information to offer. My guess is that an independent party would verify your actual mileage, over the course of a tankful, to be closer to half of what you claim.

[pcfxer]

@youspic I will say one thing; winter tires actually aren't just for snow. All-season tire compounds will become stiff and not provide the same amount of traction at temperatures around 0C. The winter tires will not wear excessively at temperatures below 5C.

You probably aren't missing out on too much; are you using fuelly.com to track your mileage? My username is doverosx on there. I highly recommend it.

[youspic]

@pcfxer well i have been reluctant to put my winter tires on yet because we still dont have any snow on the ground, (i know that snow tires on bare ground lower milage and cause unneeded ware) but besides that, i dont know what else i could be missing? i cleaned out my car of everything i dont need and i have made sure to drive sensibly ever since my last fill up. i want to see just how many kilometers i can squeeze out of my jetta

[pcfxer]

@youspic Two factors generally affect cold weather: Fuel additives (that prevent freezing and emissions, but make our engines more thirsty) and behaviour (Idling to warm up is BAD). Driving the engine at low-load until it warms up is much better on your engine than idling.

There are quite a few simple things that you can do to improve your MPG in the COLD (like today). Ask away; I might create a video series on it.

[youspic]

@pcfxer hey, im from ottawa also!

question: does the COLD weather affect your mpg?

[youspic]

Great video. you do touch on many good points. i am new to this hypermiling trend and i will be purchasing a scanguage in a months time.

[Rogers1977]

I've been trying to increase my economy lately by applying these techniques. I have a manual tranny so I can use engine braking and ultimately turn off the injectors so the wheels are running the engine. I always look as far as possible and try to use other cars to break the wind for me. I can't seem to get as a high as I know I can, but I'll keep experimenting with short shifting and engine braking.

[1R1E1D]

this guy seems like a party...