I haven't gone that far, but I have tried driving without looking at it, because frankly
I sometimes feel chained to it like an obsession or a drug habit, and other times I feel that looking down too much is a safety hazard.

Sometimes I try to drive the way I used to before I had those guages just for fun,
my mileage drops right back to the 42 I got on the first tank. But to drive again for the sheer joy of it was wonderfully refreshing, I was no longer driving to please some guage that has hypnotized me for months now.

Lately I have been trying to find a compromise, driving 65+ the way I used to, but keeping all the enlightened techniques I have learned, it is netting me about 44ish down from the 48 I used to get. Some of that is winter, and some is going faster.

You may be pleased to know I put the intake mod back too.

I have decided I like it. :-)

The data from the intake/muffler-mod thread seemed to indicate to me that a leadfoot benefits more from the mod than a hyper-miler does. I actually experienced less mpg when I was trying to drive slowly, but saw higher mpg on a long trip where I went 65+.

My old leadfoot is slowly creeping back, I long for the fast lane, the feel of the wind whistling past my windshields at 65+, and the joy of leaving slowpokes in my dust. :-)

I have started down the dark path... or returned to it... feels good. :-)

- Kurt