Fuel Economy around town

[mitzkity]

Advice time...

I live in a pretty congested area with stoplights and signs in all directions. During the week most of my errands are within a 5-mile radius. In all of those trips, I can barely get the car up to enough speed to shift itself ONCE before I hit the next stop sign. My MPG off-highway SUCKS!

Question: is it true that you should try to get the car into as high a gear as possible at a slow speed because it saves gas? I'm talking 35-45mph max for the most part.

Question: do you save gas when you are coasting? Because I swear, I could coast around town on most of my errands.

[Paradog]

I think I get about 17mpg on average. I dont normally travel more than 10 miles in any one day. Most of my driving is quick (leadfoot). I average around 250-280 miles per tank

[pigpen]

Magnum SE 14 to 19. Do you have a lot of stop and go?

The higher gear will not work if I remeber correctly.