You know you're a fuel economy freak when...

[LxMike]

163. You go looking under your brothers cars dashboard to find the obd-2 connector to plug your scangauge in to check his cars fuel mileage.

[DracoFelis]

Originally Posted by brick

33. You manage 25% over the EPA estimate for your car and drive yourself mad because it "isn't really that good."

That's child's play. The real version is:

164. Your last fillup is 25% over EPA estimate, and this causes you to worry about "What is broken in the car, to cause you to get FE that low?"....



BTW: Guilty as charged. My current theory is that my brakes may be sticking slightly (it feels a little like that, and the car is 15 years old now). If I'm correct, the extra (partial) brake drag is lowering my FE some, which logically means it's time to look into a brake job...

[BEN_EJ8]

165: You park and go inside Wendys, even though theres one car in the drive through and a ton of people inside waiting in line.

[BEN_EJ8]

166: You haven't exceeded 3500 rpms in about two months, so you floor it in first gear for the hell of it, and the acceleration feels like a corvette. You then look down at the gas gauge to see if the needle fell at all.

[GasSavers_James]

167. You shuffle your car around by pushing it to a spot where the engine will be heated by the sun several hours before driving.

[BEN_EJ8]

168: You put on your running shoes and athletic shorts, and go out and cut the grass in 17 minutes when it should take a half hour.

[diamondlarry]

164. Your last fillup is 25% over EPA estimate, and this causes you to worry about "What is broken in the car, to cause you to get FE that low?"....

Guilty! I spent ~$500 dollars yesterday on some LRR tires and a front end alingment.

169. You get the front-end alignment not so much to keep the tires from wearing funny but, so it will cut down on the drag that is killing your FE.
170. You can't enjoy watching 2 Fast 2 Furious with your kid because all those engines whining at such high rpm's much be sucking gas like a fish sucks water.

[kickflipjr]

171. You get really mad because someone dosen't use there turn signal to make a left turn and you had to touch the brakes.

172. You know that you need to leave half mile buffer zone for the next time that might happen.

[Compaq888]

Originally Posted by diamondlarry

Guilty! I spent ~$500 dollars yesterday on some LRR tires and a front end alingment.

169. You get the front-end alignment not so much to keep the tires from wearing funny but, so it will cut down on the drag that is killing your FE.
170. You can't enjoy watching 2 Fast 2 Furious with your kid because all those engines whining at such high rpm's much be sucking gas like a fish sucks water.

I'm never going to spend $500 on tires. The difference between regular tires and LRR tires is small. I personally never spent over $300 for 4 tires. I never got crappy tires, I just bargain with my tire guy when I buy tires.

[philmcneal]

Originally Posted by BEN_EJ8

165: You park and go inside Wendys, even though theres one car in the drive through and a ton of people inside waiting in line.

173. when you go to macdonalds, you ride the starter at least 5 times before even taking your order! Since you already banked away money to replace it if it fails!