This single tip saves 20% gas!

[Meeka]

89 octane. 93 is a scam if there ever was one IMO. Definitely full synthetic. Why go half way with the most important maintenance item. My son needed a valve cover replacement on his 3 series at about 250K miles. The cams/shaft looked new. Full synthetic always!

Why go half way? So go full synthetic oil but only half way on the octane? Why not go all the way and use 93? But you can use 89, then you can also use semi synthetic. Let’s open this can o worms…. Oh… to hell with it, I’m tired! 🥱

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[Mudduck]

The speed limit on the sign is not the end all be all of speed in a spot. Most, if not all interstates also have a minimum speed limit that is well below the posted.

The posted speed limit is the fastest you can lawfully travel in IDEAL weather conditions.

I drive 60-65 in Utahs 80mph zones quite often. Not all for fuel mileage, and Id rather have people passing me than sitting next to me or on my bumper to do 100 mph.

 

[babytruk]

Fortunately being retired lets me enjoy the drive. Route 66 vs I-40? Toll road vs old road?
If I had an EB I’d be having fun and probably not looking so much at the fuel gauge. “Let the Turbo breathe”!

 

[DaddyDan]

Fortunately being retired lets me enjoy the drive. Route 66 vs I-40? Toll road vs old road?
If I had an EB I’d be having fun and probably not looking so much at the fuel gauge. “Let the Turbo breathe”!

Watch out, I had a NM State Highway patrolman cite me for 3 over the limit on 66. Netted the state the princely sum of $25 for the fine.

 

[babytruk]

Watch out, I had a NM State Highway patrolman cite me for 3 over the limit on 66. Netted the state the princely sum of $25 for the fine.

Probably worth it?
Officer had a quota????
3mph… what a d***.

 

[Mavster Mechanic]

I can save you 100% of your gas. Don't start the Maverick and walk! By your theory going 15 MPH will save even more. I went into the city today. I had choices of routes. 1 where the speed limit is 45 mph or the highway where it is 60 and 65 mph. The 45 MPH route will take 3 to 4 times as long because there's traffic lights about every 1/4 mile. With the EB this KILLS MPG. On the highway I was doing 65 in the 65 section and being passed like I was doing 45. If I had been doing 55 I would have been a HAZARD to traffic. @Cherokee may not be 100% correct but he isn't WRONG either. My 2024 on a over 600 mile round trip averaged 32 mpg on the interstate doing 75 MPH. If I drive mainly 55 routes it's around 27 mpg on a good day. If I'm doing local runs of 35 to 45 mph it's 23 to 26 mpg MAYBE if I catch the lights. Since this was posted in general topics it is a false premise for ALL Mavericks! Go ahead tell me I am stupid, dumb, wrong, not a genius. It doesn't matter to me what your opinion of me is. The only opinion of me that matters is my own.

Yet thousands of fleet vehicles are GOVERNED to 55 MPH.

Yet they survive. Weird.

And in a HYBRID 15 mph will save you more gas than 25 MPH. In gasoline only the max fuel economy is about 35 to 40 mph in vehicles not aerodynamic, and a bit higher, 45 to 50 mph in very aerodynamic vehicles.

 

[kevinmccune]

In these tough times...
This single tip saves 20% gas.

Drive 20 mph slower.

Drive ~55 mph instead of ~75 mph.
This can be done by choosing different similar routes or by pairing up with other slower vehicles in the right lane. Can be relaxing too!

Will cost you minutes per day.

my 22 Ecoboost will return 35mpg at a speed range of 50-55 on land that is mostly flat.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

Weird
https://www.ccjdigital.com/regulations/article/15291428/most-fleets-using-speed-limiters

 

[Finnster]

Watch out, I had a NM State Highway patrolman cite me for 3 over the limit on 66. Netted the state the princely sum of $25 for the fine.

Around here, the only way to get a ticket for going less than 10mph over the 70mph speed limit is to not slow down at all upon seeing the police car! Ask me how I know!

 

[pigsareus]

In these tough times...
This single tip saves 20% gas.

Drive 20 mph slower.

Drive ~55 mph instead of ~75 mph.
This can be done by choosing different similar routes or by pairing up with other slower vehicles in the right lane. Can be relaxing too!

Will cost you minutes per day.

Life's too short to be wasting time to save 200 bucks over a year.....

 

[bgn]

Me stomping on the accelerator with my EcoBoost to hear the cute lil turbo noises:

 

[Exranger]

89 octane. 93 is a scam if there ever was one IMO. Definitely full synthetic. Why go half way with the most important maintenance item. My son needed a valve cover replacement on his 3 series at about 250K miles. The cams/shaft looked new. Full synthetic always!

Told you we’d all agree!

 

[Cherokee]

I'll bet you $10,000 that statement is not true under carefully measured conditions.

Likely true, I only used the dash numbers on a few trips so you’re right it’s not accurate.

But the thing that surprised me was after a hundred miles at 65-70 I got the lower number mpg and it was stable. Then I carefully accelerated to 90 plus after two hours of a steady mpg number and I watched the mpg number climb at the higher speed.

Why would that happen ?
Same level earth, same weather, no winds, same road surface.
I dunno but I think it was CAF
Cool As Fa fa FA Fa fa fa~~~~
Psycho Killer, the Talking Heads.

I can't seem to face up to the facts
I can't seem to face up to the facts

I'm tense and nervous, and I can't relax
I'm tense and nervous, and I can't relax

I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire
I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire

Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire
Don't touch me, I'm a real live wire
Psycho killer, what is it?
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away

Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Psycho killer, what is it?
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away

Oh-oh-oh-oh, aye-ya-ya-ya-ya
Oh-oh-oh-oh, aye-ya-ya-ya-ya
You start a conversation, you can't even finish it
You start a conversation, you can't even finish it

You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything
You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything

When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed
When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed

Say something once, why say it again?
Say something once, why say it again?
Psycho killer, what is it?
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away

Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Psycho killer, what is it?
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away

Oh-oh-oh-oh, aye-ya-ya-ya-ya
Oh-oh-oh-oh, aye-ya-ya-ya-ya
What I did that night
Ce que j'ai fait, ce soir-là

What she said that night
Ce qu'elle a dit, ce soir-là

Fulfilling my hope
Réalisant mon espoir

I'm launching towards glory, okay
Je me lance, vers la gloire, okay

Ye-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-yeah
Ye-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-yeah
We are vain and we are blind
We are vain and we are blind

I hate people when they're not polite
I hate people when they're not polite
Psycho killer, what is it?
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away

Oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh, oh
Psycho killer, what is it?
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better
Fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa, better

Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run away

Oh-oh-oh-oh, aye-ya-ya-ya-ya
Oh-oh-oh-oh, aye-ya-ya-ya-ya

Ooh
Ooh

:’P

 

[CaliMav68]

Why go half way? So go full synthetic oil but only half way on the octane? Why not go all the way and use 93? But you can use 89, then you can also use semi synthetic. Let’s open this can o worms…. Oh… to hell with it, I’m tired! 🥱

93 will do nothing for you

 

[babytruk]

Told you we’d all agree!

Oh yeah… Why does North America (including Mexico) use the anti-knock index so the bad stuff can be mixed with the better stuff? Kidding… just wanted to enter the rest of the world into our unique octane rating formula.

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