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Old May 7, 2008 | 07:30 AM
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What are some ways i can get better gas miles on my H?
 
Old May 7, 2008 | 07:43 AM
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Clean air filter, use synthetic motor oil, and make sure your tires are fully inflated..........I have mine at 38PSI. Take it easy starting out
from a stop cuz the 3 is heavy and you should see an improvement. You could always slow down a tad on the eway, the brick shape doesn't help there.
 
Old May 7, 2008 | 08:50 AM
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The times are a changing!

The good news is that you can now buy a pretty goodDVD player for the cost of one tank of gas... bad news is thata tank of gas costs as much as a good DVD player...

I have been feeling REALLY good these days and no longer second guess my decision to go with a FULLY loaded H3x (DVD players, the works) over standard equiped H2... Feeling good about that choice now...every week!
 
Old May 7, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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+1 to Doc's points. Light on the pedal and 65 MPH on the freeway does me the most good.
 
Old May 7, 2008 | 11:06 AM
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+1 to Doc's points. Light on the pedal and 65 MPH on the freeway does me the most good.
+2 to Doc's points. Light pedal will be your biggest MPG increase, especially in this heavy H3. And the highway MPG drops off huge with speed. I keep my tires at 36 psi, keep the air filter clean, use synthetic engine oil (haven't changed tcase yet). Roof racks and bars also decrease MPG.
 
Old May 7, 2008 | 04:51 PM
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Some chip on my friends dads car made him get 21 mpg on his 06' 2500 chevy duramax is that because his is a diesel? or can you do it on any car?
 
Old May 7, 2008 | 08:50 PM
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Gas engines and Diesel engines are totally different animals. A performance chip can transform a diesel engine into a completely different beast! You can achieve huge HP & Torque gains along with better fuel mileage with the correct tunes. Oversize tires and speed are the #1 killer in fuel consumption with any vehicle.
 
Old May 7, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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I usually drive 75-80 HWY and average around 13.5-14 MPG. This week I found a different route to work that is back roads, actually faster but only drive about 50-55 on it now. So far I'm at 170 miles and haven't quite hit half a tank yet.
 
Old May 8, 2008 | 05:36 AM
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Any thoughts or facts on installing less restrictive exhaust to improve gas mileage?
 
Old May 8, 2008 | 07:03 AM
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Not sure how much you would gain by doing that, and you may have to worry about state inspection and/or noise pollution(Jersey has laws for both). Just keep anything that you don't need out of the Hummer and keep tires inflated properly.
 



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