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I certainly have. Thankfully, while I don’t live in a super rural area yet, I live in small city with basically no standstill traffic on my normal routes. This means when I drive, I rarely have someone behind me riding my ass.

I’ve been logging my fuel economy with DashCommand and a WiFi obdii unit. I have an extra iPhone I keep mounted to the dash and keep it plugged in.

My vehicle gets shit mileage but when I use it, it’s often for utility purposes. A couple months ago, I was at around 16 mpg city and 23 mpg on the interstate. And average tank of mixed driving was around 18mpg (I just don’t have to get on the interstate much at all)

I did a needed tuneup. Most of the work I could do myself. Plugs, coils, new valve cover gasket, fluid flushes, new agm battery and some other shit.

My driving style is based on common sense and never being in a rush. I try to never have to hit the brakes at lights by paying attention to them and letting off the gas to keep momentum. Tires are at proper pressure, got a needed alignment and rotated the tires. I accelerate slowly from stop and just basically cruise.

These changes have resulted in a nice increase in mpg. I’m doing almost 5 mpg better on a tank.

Another way to offset fuel and wear n tear is to use DoorDash. Now, doing food delivery is almost always a stupid move. The risk of accidents. Wear and tear. Etc. almost impossible to make a profit. If anyone tells you differently, they simply haven’t popped a tire, had their insurance go up, destroy their suspension yet. BUT, I can just turn the app on once or twice each week and wait for the perfect order that brings me to where I was going anyway.

Not all of us have that luxury, but I work from home with no pressing deadlines or fixed hours.

This is the best I’ve come up with besides buying a motorcycle or scooter which I’m not a fan of for safety reasons. The infrastructure here does not allow for one to safely bicycle or walk to run errands, otherwise I’d do that.

So anyway, have you made any changes to your driving habits and/or style?

I certainly have. Thankfully, while I don’t live in a super rural area yet, I live in small city with basically no standstill traffic on my normal routes. This means when I drive, I rarely have someone behind me riding my ass. I’ve been logging my fuel economy with DashCommand and a WiFi obdii unit. I have an extra iPhone I keep mounted to the dash and keep it plugged in. My vehicle gets shit mileage but when I use it, it’s often for utility purposes. A couple months ago, I was at around 16 mpg city and 23 mpg on the interstate. And average tank of mixed driving was around 18mpg (I just don’t have to get on the interstate much at all) I did a needed tuneup. Most of the work I could do myself. Plugs, coils, new valve cover gasket, fluid flushes, new agm battery and some other shit. My driving style is based on common sense and never being in a rush. I try to never have to hit the brakes at lights by paying attention to them and letting off the gas to keep momentum. Tires are at proper pressure, got a needed alignment and rotated the tires. I accelerate slowly from stop and just basically cruise. These changes have resulted in a nice increase in mpg. I’m doing almost 5 mpg better on a tank. Another way to offset fuel and wear n tear is to use DoorDash. Now, doing food delivery is almost always a stupid move. The risk of accidents. Wear and tear. Etc. almost impossible to make a profit. If anyone tells you differently, they simply haven’t popped a tire, had their insurance go up, destroy their suspension yet. BUT, I can just turn the app on once or twice each week and wait for the perfect order that brings me to where I was going anyway. Not all of us have that luxury, but I work from home with no pressing deadlines or fixed hours. This is the best I’ve come up with besides buying a motorcycle or scooter which I’m not a fan of for safety reasons. The infrastructure here does not allow for one to safely bicycle or walk to run errands, otherwise I’d do that. So anyway, have you made any changes to your driving habits and/or style?

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During my 20s I lived in San Diego and rode a motorcycle everyday to and from work. I acted like by bike was magic and made me invisible while riding, and expected and prepared for every car to pull out in front of me, or change lanes into me. That habit has carried over into driving a car, now. even if it looks like a driver at a cross street is looking right at me as I approach, I prepare to slam on the brakes or spot somewhere I can maneuver to avoid them if they pull out.

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I’ve always respected the road. In fact, my family owned a transportation business which I took over for many years. I had no tolerance for stupid driving. Too expensive. I had tracking devices in all our vehicles which had all kinds of info like harsh braking, rapid acceleration, etc.

I always told my drivers the same thing I told my siblings. My top three are put your phone away. Blinker before you brake. And never take a right turn on a multi lane road when there are vehicles consign in the adjacent lane. People change lanes at cross streets all the time. Good way to get in a wreck AND be at fault.

Don’t expect anyone to be considerate or intelligent. Play it safe and just wait a few extra seconds or minutes.