Hey Yall
 

I just got here,
I am a commuter that travels 262 miles round trip daily to work...

I want to check out the site and see if I can get some pointers on my mpg..


Thanks
Mac

holy crap... 262 miles round trip?

Make a garage entry so that we can all learn more about your vehicle.

262 miles? No job is worth that drive.

I'd reccomend an insight, With that much driving, it should pay for its self fairly quickly.

But seriously, let us see what your driving, and some more information on the commute, speeds, types of roads etc..

WElcome to the boards!

Mac -

Welcome to the site. I couldn't imagine what you have to go through every day :( . Please tell us about your car and your commute.

CarloSW2

Wow 262 miles. The commom recommedation is to drive slower to increase FE, but I think you need to get longer gears and maintain the speed to get home in a timely manner.

theclencher -

Or cultivate "friends with couches" in the area to save some commutes.

CarloSW2

It is possible he is getting paid from the time he leaves, until the time he returns home. In that case it MIGHT be worth the very very long drive.
I cannot see me driving that far to get to work and back.

Welcome Mac,

I have to say you are insane ;) Really thats around 65k per year, if you buy a new car its shot in about 3 years :(

Your best bet is to buy a cheap car that gets good mpg.
when I used to drive 100 miles a day I bought a new festiva, it paid for itself in a couple of years.

Are you for real. That is so ridiculous...

Aerodynamic enhancements are your friend.

Welcome. ;)

three years? What do you do to your car? I'd expect to see 250K+ out of any modern car. When you are put on so many miles with very few cold starts, warmup, etc I'd expect to see more like five years.

Ultramac, I'm assuming your average speed is in the 50-60mph range to make a commute like that before you have to turn around and go home, so definately work the aero! I've brought my mileage up from mid 27 to mid 29 on my highway commute just with a grille block, rear fender skirts and covering the huge gap under the rear bumper.
Inflating the tires to the max listed on the sidewall will help out mileage as will running narrower and/or low rolling resistance tires.

Fill out an entry over in the garage so we can take a look at where you are right now and figure out the best way to improve.

Well.... 3 years = 195k just for work 5days a week, plus any other miles driven on weekends = well over 200k.
True most cars that are taken care of will easily top 200k, but things start falling apart, suspension parts, alt. water pmp, sometimes tranny., gets to be expensive to fix and resale is down the tubes with over 200k miles.