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Co-opski

Expedition Leader
Here is a fun graph, look at how the colder winter temps change the MPGs. http://www.fuelly.com/driver/d22/frontier/fuelchart

I've been trying to squeeze the most MPGs with my modifications and cleaning.
Cold air intake and exhaust, no noticeable change in MPG.
Seafoam in gas and intake, same.
Cleaning the mass air sensor and throttle body, nothing to report.
New dizzy, cap and rotors, premium plug wires, and iridium plugs, nope.
I've been running Amsoil synthetics since 75k miles and the rig is just over 215k now. Fresh fluids every 24 months or about 75k miles same old same old mpg.
In the end I do feel better about the work I've done, and feel the truck will go another 100k easy. The best thing I did for MPG is get an older Subaru for my daily driver. Less wear on the truck and I can save it for longer road trips fishing and camping, and diving the Subaru saves me $10 to $12 a day / $50-$60 a week I'll have paid it off in less than a year commuting. The down side is trucks are just so much fun.
 

mortonm

Expedition Leader
Here is a fun graph, look at how the colder winter temps change the MPGs. http://www.fuelly.com/driver/d22/frontier/fuelchart

I've been trying to squeeze the most MPGs with my modifications and cleaning.
Cold air intake and exhaust, no noticeable change in MPG.
Seafoam in gas and intake, same.
Cleaning the mass air sensor and throttle body, nothing to report.
New dizzy, cap and rotors, premium plug wires, and iridium plugs, nope.
I've been running Amsoil synthetics since 75k miles and the rig is just over 215k now. Fresh fluids every 24 months or about 75k miles same old same old mpg.
In the end I do feel better about the work I've done, and feel the truck will go another 100k easy. The best thing I did for MPG is get an older Subaru for my daily driver. Less wear on the truck and I can save it for longer road trips fishing and camping, and diving the Subaru saves me $10 to $12 a day / $50-$60 a week I'll have paid it off in less than a year commuting. The down side is trucks are just so much fun.

It could save the $50 to 60 a week, but that's if the older Subaru doesn't have any mechanicals in that time, one or two repairs for a few hundred dollars and your back to evens again. That is the one thing about your truck, its a known quantity.
 

stioc

Expedition Leader
The truck looks AWESOME! Purposeful and balanced with the right amount of capability.

I've never seen a bear in my life let alone a grizzly/Kodiak - not that I want to have a close encounter but just sayin' :D With the beautiful country you live in you're hereby required to post these types of pics at least weekly :)
 

Allof75

Pathfinder
Solid looking truck, gorgeous scenery. Love the Rally type horns behind the grille haha

And Stioc my man, if you haven't seen a bear, that's telling you to get out there more! :sombrero: Quite amazing creatures really.
 

stioc

Expedition Leader
Well I've seen bears of course lol just not upclose in the wild and certainly not the grizzlies. What I have seen are fresh bear tracks around our campsite when camping in the high mountains and bear scat on the trails. I think I'm good with just that :D
 

mortonm

Expedition Leader
Well I've seen bears of course lol just not upclose in the wild and certainly not the grizzlies. What I have seen are fresh bear tracks around our campsite when camping in the high mountains and bear scat on the trails. I think I'm good with just that :D

Any more than that and it might be your scat on the trails

We had a black bear sniffinf around us a bit saturday night. Never got any closer Than 25-30 feet. Hard to tell though it was dark
 

Co-opski

Expedition Leader
Just got back from Valdez from the weekend, I'll get some pictures up of keystone canyon. I had my 2nd best mpg of all time on the return trip home with 19.6 mpg all hwy but I went through two mountain passes.

I got invited to drive to Panama and hike in Napal all within the last two days. What to do What to do?
 

skibum315

Explorer
I got invited to drive to Panama and hike in Napal all within the last two days. What to do What to do?
You're clearly hanging out with the right people ... well done, and hard to go wrong with choices like that.

I'm also enjoying the pics, thanks for posting.
 

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