How can you improve gas mileage on a 1984 Cavalier?

Answer 1

Truthfully, there isn't much you can do to get a great improvement, but you can change your air filter, make sure your tires have the correct pressure, clean out your intake, turn off the a/c, and just plain don't drive it hard. Avoid jerky starts, take your foot off the gas and coast as far as you can up to stoplights, don't accelerate hard, etc. Also, if you do a lot of highway driving, try setting your cruise control at 5mph slower, you may be surprised. In my car, theres a 4mpg difference between 70 and 75 mph. Don't feel like you're alone, the gas prices are killing all of us!