wat are some gas saving mods

[ChargerOnDavins]

No doubt reviving old posts is the best!

i like your ideas. but i doubt id do alot of them. i know all these things listed help alot, but im usually to busy driving to worry about alot of this stuff.

the best way to save gas still is plan your routes, take your time and lighten your truck any way you can. now removing things like spare tires wont do much other then leave you stuck on the road with a flat, but if you have bags of sand laying around in the back id suggest taking them out. with these trucks i think this topic should be a sticky. because these rangers dont get nearly the mpg or horsepower they should. hell ive seen a v6 in a kia get over 30 highway with 260 somethin horses. so ford's done something wrong here cus my 4.0 doesn't do near that.

sure, but how many of those 30mpg kia engines will be around after 300,000 miles compared to the ford 3.0 and 4.0?

 

[fastpakr]

sure, but how many of those 30mpg kia engines will be around after 300,000 miles compared to the ford 3.0 and 4.0?

The ones that are actually maintained properly? Most of them. Just like every other car on the road today.

 

[Mark_88]

The ones that are actually maintained properly? Most of them. Just like every other car on the road today.

Hmmmm...as long as they are not in the rust belt...my niece has a KIA that is falling apart from the rust...and it's only 7 years old~

I think the best gas saving mod would be found in necessity driving only...but that, and a buck fifty will get you a cup of coffee...

 

[06RangerXLT]

Its been proven, dropping the tailgate/ installing a tailgate net/ installing a tonneau cover will not increase mpg. Trucks are designed for the best airflow with the tailgate up, changing that adds more wind drag, reducing mpg.

wrong. i get 4 mpg better with my soft fold tonneau. gone through many tanks to prove it.

 

[ChargerOnDavins]

The ones that are actually maintained properly? Most of them. Just like every other car on the road today.

I don't know any kia older than 2001 still alive... and all that people drive in my home town is kia.

 

[fastpakr]

First thing to point out is that both Kia and Hyundai have improved exponentially over the last ten years (Hyundai more so at this point).
Second is Kia was still a very new player in the market in 2001. The number sold was tiny compared to other brands ten years ago.
Third is that they were (and to a lesser extent still are) a bargain basement brand. How many of the units that were purchased actually got regular maintenance? I honestly don't know where to research statistics on that, but certainly it's lower than you'd find on the more expensive vehicles.