Chevron Mileage Tips - Put to the Test
Recently I’ve been hearing a commercial on the radio from Chevron about “Better Mileage Tips.” Chevron advises,
“Simply decreasing your freeway speeds to 55 mph can increase your fuel economy by as much as 20 percent.”
I consider myself a driver who likes to keep up with “the flow” of traffic, and driving 55 mph on the freeway sounds insane! Come on–that’s almost suicide! I’ve passed cars that seem to be driving deathly slow (and they look like they’ll be driven off the road with the way everyone furiously passes them), but I would bet that even they aren’t driving THAT slowly. Maybe I’m a speed demon at heart, or just suffer from a lead foot, but when I first heard this ad I seriously thought, “Who are they kidding?” However, with the current gas prices, my more practical side wants to believe what Chevron has claimed.
I have decided to put their claim to the test! Can driving 55 mph on the freeway really save me money and better my gas mileage? We will soon find out!
I challenge everyone else out there to perform their own test and join my Finicity group, “Club 55 MPH.” I’ll post the details of my test there and plan to frequently give updates to the “Club 55 MPH” group forum.
If you want to, you can watch the video of the Chevron ad – it’s similar to the version I’ve been hearing on the radio. And here is a link to some of the other tips they’ve listed as well.
I’ll post my final results back here on the blog, so stay tuned!
Kristopher Higley, Designer
Tags: 55 MPH, Chevron, Finicity, Fuel Economy
