fuel economizing driving technique?

**notEworthy27** · April 13th, 2004 07:00 PM

great! sige pm na lang kita if we do make plans hehe ano ba ang magandang lugar dyan?

**luckytruck** · April 14th, 2004 12:10 PM

i do a lot of diving at our resort in tinoto. its about 30 minutes lang from the city center.

next week i am going to kiamba to re-visit the offshore sunken reef. i saw sharks there about 6 years ago, hopefully meron pa rin.

my dad is trying to fix up a glorified bangka para gawing parang live-aboard pinoy style, yung may katig pa.

andy

**ian_rex** · April 14th, 2004 01:09 PM

agree ako sa sinabi ni sir glenster. magmula nang ako na ang nagpapa-gas ng kotse (Civic) natuto na ako magtipid. bad trip, mahal kasi ang gas e. unlike sa diesel (DMax), mura pero matipid. ok balik tayo sa sinabi ni sir glenster. maintaining a specific engine revs contributes to fuel efficiency. let's put it this way: easing the accelerator pedal producing vacuum that sucks the fuel, most especially when running at high rpm's. unlike maintaining a steady pressure on the gas pedal, the fuel pumped into the engine is stabilized at a certain point. syempre, hindi laging constant there are times na kelangang mag-brake, etc. pero try to keep the same engine speed if ever possible.

i've been singing my praises with the DMax's fuel efficiency. Combining the tricks I've learned, I can rip the fuel consumption to 11km per liter on city driving. But i know deep inside kaya pang bumaba yun, just figuring out how. On the part of the Civic naman, constant na 10 km/liter kahit 8 years old na siya. The drawback lang is, mahal talaga ang gasolina...

try no din ito mga peeps, medyo killjoy nga lang pero effective. Maintain nyo lang ang speed nyo sa highway ng 80 km/h ang maximum and 60 km/h ang minimum. you'll see how efficient these speeds are. also, the engine rpm should be about 2000 lang para talagang matipid...

thanks!

**orly_andico** · April 14th, 2004 04:15 PM

one of my friends always told me, use 1st gear ONLY to get rolling, once you're rolling, no need to go back to 1st gear.

**RDL4D56** · April 15th, 2004 11:32 AM

The best talaga itong thread na ito... sarap alik-balikan.

**ian_rex** · April 15th, 2004 02:01 PM

ok. i have read something in the paper today. and i think i should be adapting to it. the motoring section today (4/15/04) featured the eco-drive by Isuzu (attention sir ungas and sir redhorse, is it true that only 13km lang result nyo? how come?). as part of the test, there are few things i would like to test.

the following are:

1) constant speed * 50-70 kph
2) rpm range of not more than 1500.
3) as much as possible no abrupt braking.

my objective is to test these techniques on city driving, which is, seem impossible due to traffic jams. but my daily route includes a brief highway driving. therefore, it will be a combination of city/highway driving conditions.
currently, i consume 11 km per liter and i target to reach at least 12 km per liter.

wish me luck! hehehe

**Vegeta** · April 15th, 2004 02:28 PM

1. 55 mph cruising speed
2. use your cruise control if you have to
3. don't warm up too much before driving your car. lalo na mainit ang climate sa Philippines. I remember nung umuwi ako sa Pilipinas nung 2000, my cousin's husband would warm up the car by idling it for more than 10 minutes. E kumakalat ang amoy dun sa compound and my aunts complain about it. Imma kick his ass next time na umuwi ako at ginagawa pa rin nya yon.

**Ungas** · April 15th, 2004 02:55 PM

Yep, that was the stats I remembered. Mahirap kasi timplahin yung matic diesel. Overdrive gear will kick in only of we reach 80km/h speed. Gradual acceleration by limiting the revolution to shift as early as 1500-1700rpm. We could have raised it more if downhill was engaged in neutral. Drifting on biggre trucks at expressways. But safety comes into mind and didn't do much of our plan.

Kaya po ma-attain yung 11km/L consumption on daily driving. :D

**RDL4D56** · April 16th, 2004 08:59 AM

this is something I've been trying... share ko lang and you guys can comment or criticize... in my daily trip to Cavite, I encounter around 10-15 uphills/downhills with clear traffic (example, I ride through a couple on daang hari)... I generally stay on 60-80KPH... with this in mind, on a long decent (not too steep) I would shift to neutral and let gravity help maintain or increase my speed (I feel I don't need to keep my foot on the accelerator and burn of additional fuel)... I shift back into gear when I start to reach 65-70KPH (but that is after a considerably long stretch when i hit level ground or an uphill while staying on nuetral)... I also shift to nuetral when I know I'm a few hundred meters from a stop (provided it is clear traffic which is usually the case in certain unpopular roads I pass through in Cavite)... I start using the brakes at around 100m from the stop... from my estimate, I feel I get an a little under 0.5Km additional per liter on my weekly drive (but that is just my estimate)... I guess, my point being it that on your daily route, if you know it well enough (conditions, traffic, etc)... you can create a tactic of your own to extend your milage.

**snyc3** · April 16th, 2004 09:06 AM

i've tried yun method of maintaining my Rev lower than 2000. It works well. I've learned that from BMW. Yun BM kse has this approx gas consumption sa RPM gauge nila. Example is if you're rev is * 1500RPM ave gas consumption is 6 to 7km/L for a 316i model.