Driving habits really do save gas

brad, posted on July 13, 2009, 08:00

You all hear the stories that your driving habits can really save gas, but you never really know how much.

My Truck - 2004 F-150 Triton V8I currently drive a 2004 F-150 with a Triton V-8 in it.  To those of you who don't know much about trucks, that is the biggest engine you can get in it.  I do love the truck, but my gas mileage sucks.  I bought it before gas prices went through the roof. 

I was recently talking to a business associate, and he had asked me about my truck.  He had asked me about what kind of mileage do I get, and I told him I am getting about 17 mpg.  He looked at me like 'how in the world do you get that good of mileage on that truck?' Most of you are probably saying, "that is GOOD?".  Well, in this truck, that is not too bad.  I used to get 16 until I put in synthetic oil.  Synthetic oil helps!

He told me he has the same engine in a 2005, also a lariat extended cab.  His truck and my truck are about as close to identical as you can get.  He told me he was getting 14 mpg in his truck.  I was floored.  The ONLY time I got that bad of gas mileage was when I was towing a trailer, it had dipped down to 12 mpg at that point.  I asked him about the maintenance on the truck, and he pretty much keeps it up as well as I do mine.  After talking for about 10-15 minutes about it, we pretty much realized that we pretty much have identical trucks.  The only thing I could think of was driving habits. 

I asked him if he is a bit heavy on the pedal.  He said he is a bit of a lead foot, and he has to drive in a lot of stop and go traffic to get to work daily.  I know that if I do a lot of stop and go traffic, my mileage drops about 1 mpg.  I tend to feather the gas pedal, and "ride the hills".  I use most of what all of those links talk about doing to save gas.

The moral of this story is this.  Driving habits really DO help in your mileage.  Even if we adjust his driving habits to be 1 mpg better, he would get about 15, when I am getting 17.  That is a 12% increase in mileage! 

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