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gas mileage

As the Temperature Drops Watch Your Tire Pressure: Frugal Fix

October 6, 2009
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My truck reminded me this morning that colder evening temperatures means the loss of tire pressure. The cold causes your tires to contract and you’ll lose about 1 pound of air pressure for every 10 degree Fahrenheit drop in temperature. My vehicles have TPMS or Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems on them to warn you [...]

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Speed Kills…Your Gas Mileage that is. Hypermiling for Noobies.

July 20, 2009

On my recent good old fashioned family trip to the Oregon Coast we roadtripped down in our VW SportWagen TDI.   I had hundreds of miles to cover and while on the freeway I figured I’d test out some different techniques to see if I could maximize our already excellent gas mileage. We normally [...]

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