Controlling high fuel prices and mpg's

[Skydiver]

2 subjects,



On the topic of mpg. My daily driver 96 Regal 3. 8 with 147k was getting 31 mpg average, has dropped to 28. 5 mpg since cold weather has arrived. I checked the tire pressure and it was low. Reason I believe, the last time I aired up my tires the ambient temp was in the low 90's. Winter temps will bring down air pressure. Will report findings later.



I think every filling station should have free air.



The following is not intended to start a union discussion.



Those of you with C. B. radios. The next time you are close to a group of truckers key the mic. and say " If you guys would go on strike the fuel prices would come down". About %75 of the replies agreed with me. Some did say they were living paycheck to paycheck and could not afford a strike. One driver said "If all these trucks were to stop something would change".



I am not a union member but I think the power lies in the trucker hands.

I am sick of high fuel prices.

 

[ACoyle]

So can we all hekp - carpool - combine trips - eliminate unnecessary trips,



Most of all vote - whoever is in office must go - yhey are not working out. Forget parties - just change them out.

 

[rkressg]

Most of all vote - whoever is in office must go - yhey are not working out. Forget parties - just change them out.

That is the truth. Just change them all out. They all are corrupt.

 

[p-Bar]

Skydiver you are right about the air and taking it one step further all tire shops should be filling with nitrogen. The molecule is larger than compressed air and won't go thru the rubber. Do you realize how much gas we could save if a simple law was imposed ? I think Costco does it at their tire shops.

 

[Boomer II]

Maybe it's that wonderful ethanol mixed in with the gas.

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

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[Stake Man]

Skydiver you are right about the air and taking it one step further all tire shops should be filling with nitrogen. The molecule is larger than compressed air and won't go thru the rubber. Do you realize how much gas we could save if a simple law was imposed ? I think Costco does it at their tire shops.

How is the nitrogen molecule larger than the compressed air molecule when the atmosphere is mostly nitrogen?



There is not really any difference between what they put in your tire and compressed air. The main difference is that bottled nitrogen in dry(no moisture) where atmosphere air has moisture. Race teams use nitrogen because it is dry. No moisture no mess pressures up when the nitrogen gets hot. You can make compressed air dry by running it through several dryers(4 or 5 usually are enough) before filling a tire.



Yes, Costco does use nitrogen in all of their fills, but they do not properly purge the tire to get the full benefit of using nitrogen.