Topic: Gas prices are killing me.

[joe-joe]

due to gas prices I have switched to driving my wifes old.........cavalier. Yes, I went from daily driving my TJ with 5 inches of lift and 35's to a aqua cavalier.

My question is should I sell off the 35's and go back to 31's? I have 4.88 gears and thought that the smaller tires might rev to high. Also, would my 5 inches of lift look too funny with 31's?

Have any of you done this just to be able to daily drive your jeeps?

[Jeffy]

With the gearing, 31's might be a little too low for a daily driver. I'd look into 33x10.r15's though.  I've thought about doing the same myself.  Keeping my 35's for trail.

[jrollings]

i had the same problem. i just went back to my stockers from my 33s but ill go back to my 33s once i put in my 4.56s and by the way i have 4 inches of lift so it looks a little funny but who cares lol

[Jesse-James]

Time to get something with two wheels maybe? 

[neale_rs]

I'm running 4.56 with 30s and it is a bit low but pretty good overall.  With 4.88, yours might feel about the same with 32s. 

[jfrabat]

Also, would my 5 inches of lift look too funny with 31's?

I currently have 31's on with 4" of lift...  This is how it looks like:





I think your would look similar with 31's (one inch is not that noticeable i think).

With the gearing, 31's might be a little too low for a daily driver. I'd look into 33x10.r15's though.

+1; with 4.88, 33" should get you to about stock level, and the 10.5 will be lighter than the 12.5 (not to mention that they will create less drag at highway speed because they are thinner).

Personally, I am thinking about getting 33's and droppin in the 4.88's, which should improve my mileage a little (I am currently getting 15 mpg with 4.10; I am hoping to bring it up to about 17~18 mpg).

Felipe

[Mozman68]

I'm moving up to 35's and no one is going to convince me to do otherwise...

[Jeffy]

I'm moving up to 35's and no one is going to convince me to do otherwise...

  You need 37's though.   

[Mozman68]

  You need 37's though.   

I'm making sure there's room for them......

[jwalls4x4]

Gas prices are eating me up and my cotton is almost stock!  I get 14-16mpg is that normal for a 3-speed auto 4-banger ?

[dexetr30]

Gas prices are eating me up and my cotton is almost stock!  I get 14-16mpg is that normal for a 3-speed auto 4-banger ?

Yeah, it's normal. I'm not getting much better than you and I'm running fairly stock with the 3 speed also.

[XJAlex]

what´s the price per gallon now in the states?

we have this problem here in Europe since many years - today it´s around 0,92 usd per litre 

[oldjeep]

what´s the price per gallon now in the states?

we have this problem here in Europe since many years - today it´s around 0,92 usd per litre 

It's around $2.89 a gallon, which is dirt cheap compared to the rest of the world.  For as much as people complain about it, even another $1 a gallon wouldn't change most peoples driving habits.

[XJAlex]

even another $1 a gallon wouldn't change most peoples driving habits.

the same here 

20 years ago in Germany they said it sometimes gas is more than 2 German Marks noone
would drive any longer - well our neighbours here would wish that the price would be so
low - today it´s around € 1.40 - which would be 2.75 German Marks what is more than
1 USD per litre - unbelivable 

for me - I´m driving around 35000 miles a year (with the Liberty CRD) - plenty of money 

[Rob the plumber]

I picked up a 1990 Buick LeSabre for free from a dead relative. 3800 V6 and it average 25 mpg the last tank. I figure i'll drive my Jeep in nice weather, or in the occassional snow. No need to wear the 35's out anyway.