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Originally Posted by billytheman1188
He's being an ass.
As far as calculating the mileage i think you got it kind of wrong.... fill up the car, reset trip meter....then when you go to fill it up again take the mileage and divide it by the number of gallons you put in....like 10.6 or w/e...just round up or down.
As far as the bad gas mileage....tire pressure will def make you get a little worse mpg's....also that filter prob should be replaced...i mean it's not horrible but i would. Also, bad spark plugs and O2 sensors could cause it. How are your driving habits? Do you really get on it a lot? If so you might want to look into getting an intake....it will help a little with gas/performance. A full exhaust will really help....i get about 27mpg city/highway in the summer and 32 highway (with cruise on) with a 3500. So there's no way you should be getting that low of mpg.
Good luck!  Gotta love cars...if aint one thing it's the other. |
thankyou for the detailed answer! as for the mpg calculating next time i fill up (probably friday) i will post my calculations again to see. i also think im going to wait til friday then fill my tires up to 35psi each and go another week of calculations. As for the filter if it needs to be replaced i'd rather just go wai + k&n filter ( i like the look + i do like to get on it once in a while since my town is full of empty backroads) As for a full exhaust that'd run me about 5/600 right? if so i might just upgrade all at once (exhaust + intake)
and yea this car is my first and idk i was thinking turbo this and have fun or my other idea(leaning towards) was a manual eclipse gsx or gt since i can find them for around 2k/2,5k(same price of turboing the alero?) and then work it up from there with mods