Hypermiling : How to decease fuel consumption

[Capper]

man, we saw this dumbass with one of those huge diesel front ends on a pickup chassis trying to go through the drive thru at a McD's down the road....i just for the life of me cannot figure out why people are driving stuff like that around.

[Quakindude]

Originally Posted by Lead Head

Come on, you and dad both know if that DPF were to just "fall off", that number would be quite a bit
higher

Nice RAM quakin, I love how the 94-02 rams look

Thanks bro. I fell in love with this truck the day my bro-in-law bought it brand new. At the time, he was worried about the 4WD adding $2000 to the cost of it. But I convinced him that since he was working construction, he owns his own concrete company specializing in curbs, sidewalks and driveways, I told him he would need the 4WD for the mud he would be working in. I also told him that when he went to replace the truck, he could sell it to me and I wouldn't buy it without 4WD.

I have less than $5k in to it IIRC. And, it's paid for. So the price of gas isn't quite the burden it could be.

And my bro-in-law has bought 4WD vehicles only ever since.

[Tech Geek Deluxe]

I get 22 Highway and average is 18 with a full tilt Ram 3500 4WD with special rear end for towing, Diesel Quad Cab with Canopy ... it is chipped

[Lead Head]

Originally Posted by Tech Geek Deluxe

I get 22 Highway and average is 18 with a full tilt Ram 3500 4WD with special rear end for towing, Diesel Quad Cab with Canopy ... it is chipped

Cummins FTW. What tuner are you running?

[Tech Geek Deluxe]

Yes the big Cummins ... The Predator ... a $500 line interrupt chip. I'd get another 2-4 mpg if I didn't have that 410 rear end.

[Lead Head]

Thought the predator was a PCM programmer? Not to familiar with cummins programmers though, better on the ford side things

Anyways, back on topic

[stinger608]

Originally Posted by PTRMAN

That is why I drive a huge, old 4WD pickup truck. Helps protect me and my family from all the idiots out there. My wife drives an Accura SUV with full curtain airbags, but I feel much better being taller and bigger than a lot of what is on the road.

Oh yea, I am running an old 78 Chevy stepped up 4x4 with a 365hp, (to the ground) 454 with a BG dominator carb!!!! The damn thing will pass every thing but a gas station LOLOL
Everyone gets the hell out of my way

[screwballl]

nice stinger... you know if you make a few adjustments and your foot off the gas, you could get over 15mpg instead of 8... my 454 pretty much sits around 10mpg in town.

[PTRMAN]

Originally Posted by Capper

man, we saw this dumbass with one of those huge diesel front ends on a pickup chassis trying to go through the drive thru at a McD's down the road....i just for the life of me cannot figure out why people are driving stuff like that around.

Warning - rant ahead!!!

I drive a quad cab Ram 2500 4wd w/V10. Average 10-11 mpg. I don't need it - most days it drives a few miles and back from home to the bus pickup. On the weekends it is great for bringing stuff home from stores (for us as well as extended family), and once a month or so I'll pick-up donated furniture and household stuff for the less fortunate and deliver it to a central storage area. Back in the day I used to go whitewater canoeing every weekend and it was sure handy to carry all my and my friends' boats, camping gear, etc. plus pull a big trailer. I still love driving my big truck.

Not to throw any (bio)fuel on the fire, but part of what is great about America is that I don't need anyone's permission to drive what I want (OK, except the wife's). Why should I have to justify my vehicle of choice? If I want to pay $100 to fill up the tank that's my choice, isn't it? If all the greenies in their tiny 50-mpg rolling death-traps want to look down on me, let 'em!

[onebxr]

What is great about this country is that people are always buying and selling their cars. You could probably pick up a used compact car for pretty cheap to just use as your daily driver. This is what we are thinking about doing and just using the truck to move big stuff.
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