Gas Mileage...NEED HELP!!!
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The 20 year plan.
32.75 / 12 months = 2.73 days each month crazygrady127 is allowed to drive his JK in order to recoup the cost in exactly 20 years.
I don't think this 20 year plan is going to meet his needs as his original post stated, "I drive almost an hour each way to work every day (emphasis added)".
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I filled up today for $3.21 a gallon I don't expect my JK to get 20mpg. 3.5 inch lift, 35 GY MT/K 's and 5:13 gears. And I get 15 city and 17.5 highway staying under 75mph. If you bought a Jeep for MPG it is live with it or sell it for a economy car.
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I'm running 35's and an OME HD lift and stock 4.10's. In September I went to Colorado and averaged just over 17 mpg there with the OD on, around 13-14 while in the mountains and then about 15 mpg on the way home. It's been $2.99 a gallon here for a week or two. It's been a nice break.
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Originally Posted by JPop
$3.25 per gallon / 14 mpg X 100 miles per day = $23.21 per day
$3.25 per gallon / 16 mpg X 100 miles per day = $20.31 per day
$1900.00 / $2.90 = 655 Driving days to break even
I bet it takes half the time to achieve the same results and have another car to rack the miles up on.
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Now calculate the savings of buying a $1900 beater that gets 35mpg vs his 14 and see how long it takes to pay it off and earn an additional $1900 to pay for the same mods everyone suggests to get the 2 mpg.
I bet it takes half the time to achieve the same results and have another car to rack the miles up on.
I bet it takes half the time to achieve the same results and have another car to rack the miles up on.
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I do have a solution to the gas being expensive problem, though, which does not require replacing the vehicle. Move closer to work. That's exactly what I'm doing, going from a 35 mile commute to a 3.5 mile commute.
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yep....all that stuff just destroys mileage....answer? Get rid of the jeep or get a beater honda civic or something. Any mods you make will only give you small gains and may simply not be worth it in the end.
Last edited by 44Blues; 12-06-2011 at 06:14 AM.