Ya, im curious on the effect of that intake. I just ordered the V2 intake, can't wait to get it installed.

 

Average Finnish drives about 13000-15000 miles/year and people living in country side a lot more.
We don't have too much people here but the distances are quite long.

So does an average American drive +260000 miles/year? I don't think so.

It's true that we have a lot less cars here in Finland but it doesn't make driving any cheaper for one individual.

 

Yes, I think they are.
Also cars are damn expensive due the high taxes.
For example my 1,8 CVT (comparable with your ES CVT) was about 27000€/40500$

 

the point of a car is not to drive 1.4 miles at a time. if thats all u do, then maybe you dont need a car. Driving that distance is worse on your engine, and doesn't allow it time to warm up properly. Short distance runs like that are hell on your engine. Either way, it just sounds like laziness to me.

 

i'm sure driving to work and school aren't the only things people do. and how is that practical to ride your bike 3-4 miles with books, in rain, snow, especially when your first classes start at 8 in the morning.

why don't you try it before you suggest.

 

please....I used to ride 13 miles one way to get to work on my bike durring the summer. Pooring rain or not. I think its all a matter of personal preference. I would still ride my bike to work now, but the only easy way to work requires getting on the highway for a couple of miles, so its not that safe...and the freakin airport cops would def give me a ticket...

 

first off, i let my car warm up before i drive it, at least a few minutes if i can, i dont start it up and go, by the time i get to work, its at or about normal operating temperature. and it sometimes can take up to like 6-7 minutes to get to work depending on traffic and lights.

second off;

thank you, you are absolutely right, except my classes are at night, i work full-time in the morning. even though my normal days are 3 miles to and from work, and 6 miles to and from school total, there are days i do need to go far, and do need a car

 

No complaints here. I am averaging 25-26 mpg in the city and I have an '09 Lancer GTS with CVT. It must be nice to live so close to your work. I drive 22 miles to work every day.

 

I drive 40 miles one way (80 miles perday) and I can easily get 31-34 mpg. The speed limit on the highway I travel is 45 mostly. Some spots vary between 35 and 50. I hit very little city traffic. There have been a handful of times where I've actually gone beyond the 35mpg mark. I even find myself shifting into neutral to coast down the big hills.

 

just and FYI, shifting into neutral to coast down big hills is actually worse on your gas mileage... read this

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...d.php?t=351372

 

depends on the car, hill, speed and too many other things. I have done both methods, neutral or pushing in the clutch far outweighs the drag from leaving it in gear. However, when I had my CVT lancer, it coasted better than an auto or manual left in gear. But I now drive a ms3 and get 30mpg in the city, currently trying to hypermile it and see if 40 is attainable. I get about 32 avg on the highway without going to the extremes that it takes to get 30 in the city.

 

Keep in mind, I'm not actually accelerating first, then coasting. I simply push it in neutral when I crest the top of the hill before I head down. The drag is in fact much less and I end up accelerating quite a bit going down the hill in neutral. Much more than I would if I were in Drive. On small hills, I don't bother, but on the large ones where I coast for 1/4 mile or more, I take it out of gear.

I put my car back in gear when I reach the speed I had when I first put the car in neutral. The point for me is to use as much of the potential energy as possible down big hills. If I don't gain momentum down a hill while in neutral, I don't put my car in neutral. My RPMs drop to 750 when I coast down a hill between 60-65 mph. While in gear and coasting, the car runs around 1500. I have the CVT in my GTS too, so it naturally gets pretty decent mileage.

 

Ok here is my experience with gas mileages. I hardly drive my car. But when I do, its either a mile to school or a 126 miles to go back home to the parents house.

Driving to school consists of 3 traffic lights and 2 stop signs, and I have noticed that I get 16mpg driving this way.

My 126 mile trip to go home involves 60 miles on the interstate and the other 66 on backroads with average speed around 50 or so. I noticed I was getting around 28 on the highway, whereas on the backroads, I was able to get it up to 33mpg. It all depends on how u drive. Turn the meter to the mpg display and try to keep the bar past 25 as much as you can, and you can definitely improve your gas mileage. The lighter your foot, the better the mpg.

 

I've been trying this lately. I drive 40 mph in the city in 5 gear which gets me at least 24 mpg(most of the time more). I also try driving 60 mph on the freeway(which people hate me for, but hey, trying to save gas) and get more than 30 mpg. That's where the sweet spot is around right?

 

Ive pulled out 35.6mpg in the city (night driving and no one was on the road) an 32 on the highway.

ive also gotten between 24-27mpg going over 100...