Lowering Fuel Costs??!! - Am I crazy??
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THE QUESTION: It seems by having the tank at the fullest saves me money as the truck doesn't use as much gas??? How can this be? You would think the more fuel, the heavier, the more fuel you would be using?
I'll keep this updated, but what are your thoughts on this?
Please note the gas prices varied around 3 cents and driving style was the same.
I'll keep this updated, but what are your thoughts on this?
Please note the gas prices varied around 3 cents and driving style was the same.
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Hi all,
- When I first started driving my truck, I noticed that on a FULL tank of gas at the beginning of the week (Monday morning), driving to and from work for the entire week, my gas guage would be a tad under 3/4 when I arrived in my driveway on Friday afternoon. This would tally around $38.XX (CAN) to bring the guage back to full. Therefore, driving to work costs approx. $38.XX
- During the week, I would notice that my gas guage would take awhile to come down from the FULL position (e.g. 3 full days of driving), but once it reached halfway between FULL and 3/4, the guage would lower quicker and stop at a tad under 3/4.
- I decided to perform a little experiment. I filled up my tank and waited for Monday morning. I then drove until Wednesday afternoon where I filled the tank back up - $16.XX to bring to FULL. On Friday afternoon, I then filled up the tank again to wait for Monday 14.XX
- So the first time, I noticed I saved $8.XX or so dollars.
- I ran the same experiment and noticed I was saving between $8-9 dollars a week by topping up the tank in the middle of the week.
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- When I first started driving my truck, I noticed that on a FULL tank of gas at the beginning of the week (Monday morning), driving to and from work for the entire week, my gas guage would be a tad under 3/4 when I arrived in my driveway on Friday afternoon. This would tally around $38.XX (CAN) to bring the guage back to full. Therefore, driving to work costs approx. $38.XX
- During the week, I would notice that my gas guage would take awhile to come down from the FULL position (e.g. 3 full days of driving), but once it reached halfway between FULL and 3/4, the guage would lower quicker and stop at a tad under 3/4.
- I decided to perform a little experiment. I filled up my tank and waited for Monday morning. I then drove until Wednesday afternoon where I filled the tank back up - $16.XX to bring to FULL. On Friday afternoon, I then filled up the tank again to wait for Monday 14.XX
- So the first time, I noticed I saved $8.XX or so dollars.
- I ran the same experiment and noticed I was saving between $8-9 dollars a week by topping up the tank in the middle of the week.
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