Gave it a try today!
08-04-2008, 05:42 PM
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Gave it a try today!
Drove over 500 miles, almost all hiway.
Averaged 32.5 mpg.
This may not seem high too others, but this is about 5 mpg's more than I'm used to getting on the hiway.
I'm sure a lot of it was just being so aware of how I drove, and staying at, or below, the speed limit.
Averaged 32.5 mpg.
This may not seem high too others, but this is about 5 mpg's more than I'm used to getting on the hiway.
I'm sure a lot of it was just being so aware of how I drove, and staying at, or below, the speed limit.
08-04-2008, 07:11 PM
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Does hypermilling mean you actually turn the engine off and coast?? Or do you just stay near the speed limit?
That is what I have been doing and last tank was 35.10
I got 20 different explanations on hypermilling using the Google and none were definitive
Goose
That is what I have been doing and last tank was 35.10
I got 20 different explanations on hypermilling using the Google and none were definitive
Goose
08-04-2008, 08:55 PM
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http://www.cleanmpg.com/
This will explain some of the various techniques hypermilers have been using.
08-04-2008, 09:02 PM
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Who you callin' gramps, daddy-o... I only drive slow when I'm cruisin' the strip or convoying with a bunch of local HHRs...
Angie drove and kept the cruise-control right at the speed limit (I was going bonkers watching people pass us at 80+ mph). She doesn't like me driving on the highway because I tend to push it past the speed limit on the highway. On the highway, I get chewed out for lead footing it...
Angie drove and kept the cruise-control right at the speed limit (I was going bonkers watching people pass us at 80+ mph). She doesn't like me driving on the highway because I tend to push it past the speed limit on the highway. On the highway, I get chewed out for lead footing it...
08-04-2008, 10:20 PM
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Who you callin' gramps, daddy-o... I only drive slow when I'm cruisin' the strip or convoying with a bunch of local HHRs...
Angie drove and kept the cruise-control right at the speed limit (I was going bonkers watching people pass us at 80+ mph). She doesn't like me driving on the highway because I tend to push it past the speed limit on the highway. On the highway, I get chewed out for lead footing it...
Angie drove and kept the cruise-control right at the speed limit (I was going bonkers watching people pass us at 80+ mph). She doesn't like me driving on the highway because I tend to push it past the speed limit on the highway. On the highway, I get chewed out for lead footing it...
I know ya know I was joking, just gotta keep you on your toes!
08-05-2008, 09:06 AM
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see my "I'm impressed" thread in the lounge. I didn't drive hard but I did cruise at 120 km/hr up the 400/69/17 hwys., where I could. Had the air on part way too. Had to slow for accidents/traffic/and a huge thunderstorm that had the whole highway slow to 80 km/hr.
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