Need Help! Losing my mind!!!
So after learning a bunch of things from this site about how to increase my mileage with my short term goal of at least 37 mpg in my automatic saturn sl1, I filled up today and was extremely mad about the results. Perhaps someone on here could provide some assistance because the change I have made in my driving style has been HUGE!!!!!!!!!!! I used to drive very aggressively floor it off the line, redline my car almost everyday getting on the interstate, letting my car shift at around 3K most of the time, drove around the city with the windows up and ac on, let my car idle for long periods, to sum up I would waste ALOT of gas. So I have tried to be more self conscious and use the pulse and glide, as soon as i let off the gas put it in neutral, shut off the car whenever possible and turn it back on before the light turns green, coast up to red lights instead of gassing and braking. I have removed my antennae, the spare tire, the jack, went back to a short ram intake, lowered my rear spoiler from being 1.5" high in the front and 5" to the lip of the trunk in the back to the front being flush and the back only slightly angled. I have inflated my tires to the max psi of 44 psi as well. I try my best to keep the tach around 2K for all shift points and it has been driving me insane driving this slow!!! Today when I filled up I average my mileage at about 34.77 mpg and only had 2 highway trips both which I did 65 mph. Is this GREAT for mostly city or just ok? Please someone be honest with me, I was really hoping to have gotten at least 37 if not 39.
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