Miles per gallon (mpg) affecting debt free goals.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
I’ve gotten to the point to where I’m finally getting sick of putting $75-$100 into my gas tank while I’m only getting a 11-14 mpg return out of my ‘02 Yukon XL Denali. It’s been a reliable and great car to have and drive but it’s getting to the point I’d be better off selling it and buying a new fuel efficient car or buying a $2500 used fuel efficient car while keeping the Yukon for family trips. At the same time, I must mention that we do have a 2005 Ford Freestar (minivan) in which I could put some flames on the side and swallow my pride. [/sarcasm]
I paid $19K for the Denali 3 years ago and after doing a little research, I’m sure I’d be able to get $13 - $17K out of it. I’m thinking closer to the $17K range because it has 22″ wheels, a wireless headphones dvd system, all tinted windows, a 10GB kenwood music keg (replaced the cd changer) which can hold about 70 CD’s.
OR…
I’ve been thinking about testing this water4gas solution that’s supposed to significantly increase my gas mileage. Some of you guys that know me know I’m basically willing to try anything and I’m curious as to what kind of results I can achieve with this water4gas system.
I’ve downloaded the e-books and will start reading them and I think I’m going to buy a premade kit on e-bay. I’ll be sure to post some results as to how it goes once I start the process. If I can get my car to get 20 mpg then I’d be happy as a fox in a chicken coop.
Of course, I’m skeptical and can’t really find any real reviews as to if it’s been successful or not. So I guess this will be on of the first blogs that’ll actually document the claim and report it. Hopefully it’ll help someone by saving them from following my mistake or reaping the benefits of my experiment.
