Miles Per Gallon?

Drive like you had a raw egg between your foot and the gas pedal.

Lena

Yes, buy a honda.

Yeah, get a Silverado with a V-8. They actually have better gas mileage. I went from the 1996 4.3 @ 13-14MPG to an 05 5.3 @ 17MPG

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For starters, smooth treaded skinny tires running 50 PSI or better and fresh fliuds/lubes in the engine, tranny and axle (axles and Tcase if it is a 4x4). How you use your foot on the throttle is a big role too.

Nothing to brag about because 17 mpg is not big thing with gas $3/gallon and it will not get close to that in true stop and go traffic with idling because the bigger the engine, the more fuel it uses idling in traffic.

Magnets!!

Pop Mechanics just had an article on "gadgets" to improve MPG.

Bottom line (including magnets) was that none of the gadgets provided any significant boost in mileage. Some actually decreased mileage!

Swap in a 6.5 turbo-diesel for 22 mpg (we get that on our

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Replace your stock airbox with an intake, helped me with my Trailblazer.

I heard about guy that installed so many of those gas saving devices, ...... every 100 miles he had to stop and let out some gas!!

Frank

On a serious note, I found use of the cruise control seems to save gas on long rides. It keeps you from speed variation Frank

Actually I find I get a bit better without it in hilly areas.

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"N1RZB" wrote in news:L_sTe.8997$rh.6541@trndny03:

Howdy Dave Slow Down. Driving at 55 uses 47% less power than 75. Driving at 50 uses 56% less power than 75. Driving at 55 uses 16% less than 60. Try doing the speed limit, instead of five or ten over. At any speed over what you would do in a parking lot, frontal area wind drag is the major force that your engine is tring to overcome. Drive train loss increases linearly, like 5, 10, 15, 20. While wind drag increases exponentially, like 10, 40, 90, 160, 250, 360.

Hi Dave,

One of the first things I buy when I get a new truck is a performance air filter, like the ones from K&N and Airaid. I don't have any figures to give you, never took the time to figure it out; but I can tell you these help. Especially on highway trips. I have an Airaid filter in my '03 Envoy and over the past two years I've noticed I can go a little longer between fill ups, depending on how much driving I do. Don't know if you have a tonneau cover for your Silverado, I read some where that one helps. I also read some where that you shouldn't ride around with your tailgate down. I think the article said with the gate up the wind creates down force in the bed thus keeping the rear end stable. Minimal gains, but helps. I wish I could remember where I saw that article... Keep your truck clean and waxed, less resistance. Change your oil on a regular basis. Do not drive highway speeds with your windows down, fouls up the aerodynamics. Adjust your driving habits. That's all I can think of off hand.

HTH

Rogue

Back again Dave. Found the article about the tailgate:

Rogue

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