Body Colored mud guards and poor city mileage
I saw that southern state cars get an option for body colored mud guards. I want to put mudguards on my Camry but wanted to find out if anyone has the bodycolor ones and if they could post a picture of them or send me a picture.
I bought my TCH last Sunday and mudguards are important here in Mass. Also, I am struggling to get good mileage in the city. On the highway I can average over 38mpg, but running around town (and driving really lightly), I've been hard pressed to get over 28mpg. What gives? I am at 400 miles on the odo. |
Re: Body Colored mud guards and poor city mileage
As far as the city mileage goes I have a few suggestions:
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Re: Body Colored mud guards and poor city mileage
OK, I had to look at this thread just to see if someone was claiming a LINK between mud flaps and poor city mileage. Glad to see it's two unrelated items!
FWIW, I tried to improve my city mileage as well, but I think I was accelerating way too briskly and seemed to make things worse. I think I'm doing better now, but only time will tell. I'm posting my mileage to the database here. |
Re: Body Colored mud guards and poor city mileage
Originally Posted by bmgoodman
OK, I had to look at this thread just to see if someone was claiming a LINK between mud flaps and poor city mileage.
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Re: Body Colored mud guards and poor city mileage
Maintaining a 40mph electric only cruise is the path to enlightenment. When you master this, all past driving sins are forgiven, the radio will play your favorite song, and even the children will stop fighting in the back seat. Its as if space-time has created your own little bubble of reality. When you drop back into normal space-time look down on your ECO-level and you will be rewarded.
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Re: Body Colored mud guards and poor city mileage
I have to keep playing with it to increase mileage. I had tried the slow acceleration thing but you will get many curses here doing that. The best mileage I get is when cruising between 30 and 40MPH. Stop and go driving seems to still be the worst condition. Perhaps the Camry is too heavy of a car compared to the Prius, where you can get to 20mph pretty easily on just battery.
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Re: Body Colored mud guards and poor city mileage
I will be ordering some of those new-fangled body kolor3d mud guards with the hypermilage chip f3r good mil3age...:confused:
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Re: Body Colored mud guards and poor city mileage
Originally Posted by Guy D 770
I will be ordering some of those new-fangled body kolor3d mud guards with the hypermilage chip f3r good mil3age...:confused:
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Re: Body Colored mud guards and poor city mileage
Droid13 has it exactly right. After about 3-5 minutes of warm-up, I'm able to accelerate up to 35 or 40mph (whatever the speed limit is), take my foot off of the accelerator, let the needle drop down to "E Mode," and then ever-so-slightly apply pressure again to maintain my speed. This will bump up your mpg significantly.
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Re: Body Colored mud guards and poor city mileage
Originally Posted by bmgoodman
(Post 72510)
OK, I had to look at this thread just to see if someone was claiming a LINK between mud flaps and poor city mileage. Glad to see it's two unrelated items!
D-OH!!! :confused: |
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