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RE: mpg
ORIGINAL: Pirata
Dodge is playingpsychological warefare with the consumer.
ORIGINAL: CRMRAM
i think its just there to get you to slow down lol.[:'(]
i think its just there to get you to slow down lol.[:'(]
If I wanted MPG I would have gotten a prius
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RE: mpg
If someone bet you $500
that you all could go out and rent two identical
Ram pickups
and drive them over the same 200 mile trip
through all kinds of roads and traffic
and you would get 14 MPG
and they would get 20 MPG or more,
would you take the bet?
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from the FAQ:
In the Cummins White Paper they cite a study where there was a 30% variation
in MPG between professional drivers in the exact same truck over the same
route.
This is similar to GM research, such as this from from page A3 of The
Wall St Journal on 11-21-2005:
"Roger Clark, GM's senior manager of energy and drive quality in North
America, said the current test does a good job measuring average mileage but
the problem is the variation in how people drive. He cited a GM Study of 209
people driving the same midsize SUV. The fuel economy varied from about 13
miles per gallon to 23 miles per gallon, depending on the driver."
Ford did a test of different drivers in the same vehicles and found an even
greater MPG difference of 38% between the best and worst driver habits and
conditions like low pressure tires, max AC, cargo on roof racks, etc:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory found similar results:
"The problem is that mileage varies so much from one driver to another and one
place to another that the government ratings are a poor predictor of what any
individual driver is likely to get with his or her vehicle," said Bo
Saulsbury, a researcher at Oak Ridge. "If the EPA rates a car at 20 m.p.g.,
the real-world data show that you might do as well as 30 m.p.g. or as poorly
as 10 m.p.g."
There are 'experts' at driving to get the best MPG. You can read about
John and Helen Taylor, a husband & wife couple who are sponsored by
Shell and have won many contests at this link:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0601/S00020.htm
Note the list of good driving techniques for better MPG near the end of the
article about the Taylors.
At the 'extreme' end of driver behavior are the 'Hypermilers'
such as Wayne Gerdes:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feat...permilers.html
In April of 2007 UPS announced that they had programmed their computers
to map out delivery van travel to use as many right turns as possible.
This simple switch in the routes driven reportedly saved UPS
about 5% of the fuel they previously consumed before the switch.
that you all could go out and rent two identical
Ram pickups
and drive them over the same 200 mile trip
through all kinds of roads and traffic
and you would get 14 MPG
and they would get 20 MPG or more,
would you take the bet?
------
from the FAQ:
In the Cummins White Paper they cite a study where there was a 30% variation
in MPG between professional drivers in the exact same truck over the same
route.
This is similar to GM research, such as this from from page A3 of The
Wall St Journal on 11-21-2005:
"Roger Clark, GM's senior manager of energy and drive quality in North
America, said the current test does a good job measuring average mileage but
the problem is the variation in how people drive. He cited a GM Study of 209
people driving the same midsize SUV. The fuel economy varied from about 13
miles per gallon to 23 miles per gallon, depending on the driver."
Ford did a test of different drivers in the same vehicles and found an even
greater MPG difference of 38% between the best and worst driver habits and
conditions like low pressure tires, max AC, cargo on roof racks, etc:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory found similar results:
"The problem is that mileage varies so much from one driver to another and one
place to another that the government ratings are a poor predictor of what any
individual driver is likely to get with his or her vehicle," said Bo
Saulsbury, a researcher at Oak Ridge. "If the EPA rates a car at 20 m.p.g.,
the real-world data show that you might do as well as 30 m.p.g. or as poorly
as 10 m.p.g."
There are 'experts' at driving to get the best MPG. You can read about
John and Helen Taylor, a husband & wife couple who are sponsored by
Shell and have won many contests at this link:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0601/S00020.htm
Note the list of good driving techniques for better MPG near the end of the
article about the Taylors.
At the 'extreme' end of driver behavior are the 'Hypermilers'
such as Wayne Gerdes:
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feat...permilers.html
In April of 2007 UPS announced that they had programmed their computers
to map out delivery van travel to use as many right turns as possible.
This simple switch in the routes driven reportedly saved UPS
about 5% of the fuel they previously consumed before the switch.
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 413
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From: Oklahoma City, OK
RE: mpg
"In April of 2007 UPS announced that they had programmed their computers
to map out delivery van travel to use as many right turns as possible.
This simple switch in the routes driven reportedly saved UPS
about 5% of the fuel they previously consumed before the switch."
I started doing this myself driving 2 slightly different routes, one to and one from work, in order to use the max amount of right turns. I can only guess that it is helping my mileage.. Driving in before 0630 helps to, as most of the lights are green...
to map out delivery van travel to use as many right turns as possible.
This simple switch in the routes driven reportedly saved UPS
about 5% of the fuel they previously consumed before the switch."
I started doing this myself driving 2 slightly different routes, one to and one from work, in order to use the max amount of right turns. I can only guess that it is helping my mileage.. Driving in before 0630 helps to, as most of the lights are green...