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Old 06-12-2007, 01:27 AM
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ok guys, i need some help here. currently i'm lucky to get 15mpg, and as of right now(child support) i have $0 to my name. my girl is attempting to help me, but she is having money problems right now as well...
we're really hard off this week, and i'm worried that i wont even be able to make it to work by the end of the week.

what can i do, for free, right now, to squeak some mpg out of this pig? anyone got any secret tricks that i dont know about?
its already been seafoamed, barely any smoke. brand new tuneup parts...
i'm babying it as much as i can but i'm still using too much fuel..
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:31 AM
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drive behind semi trucks really close
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:31 AM
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Hmm... run no air cleaner(obviously not recommended), skip gears when shifting, i can't really think of much
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:34 AM
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buy a motorcycle... haha um baby it is all i can tell ya.. and good luck
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:36 AM
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honestly ive been in ur situation before and i ended up car pooling or borrowing a friends car for the day

its a bad favor to ask but desperate times call for desperate measures
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:36 AM
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I just got 16.9 as measured last night. I'm not too happy about it considering I did a couple good sprawls on the highway on that tank. I've gotten better before, is what I'm trying to say. It doesn't seem to matter much how I drive the car either...in fact it almost seems like the harder I drive it the better mileage I get. That's not too strange though, if you think about it long enough.
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:48 AM
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i guess i could try skipping 2nd, i think i have 3:55's and it pulls itself at 1200rpm in 4th, so i should be ok doing that...
no air cleaner = no

anymore ideas?
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:52 AM
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Transit Bus?
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:53 AM
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remove alota ****... less weight...

or look for quarters in the couch.
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Old 06-12-2007, 01:54 AM
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ORIGINAL: medium_jay

Transit Bus?
gotta walk 4 miles to catch it
also requires $ that i dont have
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