I might like you guys, cause I haven't met you yet on the road. However i've never thought "man what a nice public servant that was"...."or man glad he's keeping me safe". I'm probably just unlucky. However on the flip side, I've never met a mean or rude state patrolman. Odd. But true. I would imagine I'd quickly reconcile my feelings the first day i really needed one of you

 

Day 8.... Took a trip to a mini-family reunion, my brother and his girlfriend rode with me...so add 370#'s....lol J/K bro. But seriously I took an all city route of death 10 miles, seemed like 15 lights slash stop signs, moderate traffic. They didnt seem to mind my driving style too much. It's almost no effort to time lights and they barely noticed how many times I started the engine after coasting. What is all the extra effort worth???

Try 30+ mpg in the city. Even more impressive is that although the route was simple and I have driven it before, I did not have the lights "timed" from repitition (like my work or parents house trips) nor did I slow the flow of traffic (no slow starts).

My 600 mile effort is still being hampered by my short trips (11.4 mile avg) and almost 100% cold starts.
TotalMiles. TripMile. Avg trip …...AVGMPH. TripMPH…. AVGMPG. TripMPG… FuelRange…. Projectedrange. %highway.. epa projected mlge.. Hypermile improvement over epa..
265.7 ____ 13.0 ____ 11.6 ____ 37.0 ____ 24.5 ____ 35.0 ____ 30.0 ____ 300.0 ____ 567.0 ____ 65.00% _______ 26.2 _________ 14.6% to parents parking garage in/out
275.5 ____ 9.8 ____ 11.5 ____ 37.0 ____ 37.0 ____ 34.8 ____ 30.1 ____ 302.0 ____ 563.8 ____ 0.00% _______ 21.0 _________ 43.5% to park
285.0 ____ 9.5 ____ 11.4 ____ 36.0 ____ 20.2 ____ 34.7 ____ 32.0 ____ 254.0 ____ 562.1 ____ 0.00% _______ 21.0 _________ 52.5% from park
297.3 ____ 12.3 ____ 11.4 ____ 36.0 ____ 36.0 ____ 34.8 ____ 37.3 ____ 250.0 ____ 563.8 ____ 75.00% _______ 27.0 _________ 38.1% from parents

 

Cleveland, no worries dude, its good.

 

Days 9-10-11...had to burn some fuel driving way too fast during mile 360.6+, even misse my exit..lol 14miles....vs 12.4.
I searched for moses after that rien during the preseason opener for the Brownies!

I still need to tak a long trip to bring my avg mpg back up.

TotalMiles. TripMile. Avg trip …...AVGMPH. TripMPH…. AVGMPG. TripMPG… FuelRange…. Projectedrange. %highway.. epa projected mlge.. Hypermile improvement over epa..


309.7 ____ 12.4 ____ 11.5 ____ 37.0 ____ 110.8 ____ 34.7 ____ 32.5 ____ 254.0 ____ 562.1 ____ 63.90% _______ 26.1 _________ 24.3% to parents
322.1 ____ 12.4 ____ 11.5 ____ 37.0 ____ 37.0 ____ 34.7 ____ 34.7 ____ 275.0 ____ 562.1 ____ 63.90% _______ 26.1 _________ 32.9% from parents

334.2 ____ 12.1 ____ 11.5 ____ 37.0 ____ 37.0 ____ 34.7 ____ 34.7 ____ 227.0 ____ 562.1 ____ 75.80% _______ 27.1 _________ 28.2% to work
346.6 ____ 12.4 ____ 11.6 ____ 37.0 ____ 37.0 ____ 34.6 ____ 32.1 ____ 211.0 ____ 560.5 ____ 63.90% _______ 26.1 _________ 23.0% from work

360.6 ____ 14.0 ____ 11.6 ____ 37.0 ____ 37.0 ____ 34.3 ____ 28.2 ____ 193.0 ____ 555.7 ____ 63.90% _______ 26.1 _________ 8.1% to parents with smashin a turbo eclispe
372.8 ____ 12.2 ____ 11.7 ____ 37.0 ____ 37.0 ____ 34.4 ____ 37.6 ____ 172.0 ____ 557.3 ____ 63.90% _______ 26.1 _________ 44.2% from parents in torrential downpour monsoon

 

I didn't see it mentioned in your post and it would be nice to know if your car is a manual trans or automatic. Also, do you have the luggage rails on the top or not? I think without them there would be a slight less drag during highway cruising.

 

I have a manual, lsd, all options, no roof rails.

 

Okay I finished that tank off last week. I've been too busy to get the results together, but here is the synopsis from memory.


When I pulled into the gas station my odo-b read 511.7 miles.
My Average MPG read 34.5
My average speed for that distance was 37 mph.
My low fuel light came on once about one mile from the gas station.
My trips averaged 11.5 miles or about 45 starts-to-park
Nearly all trips (90%+) were "cold starts".
Tire pressure ranged between 33 and 38 depending on ambient temperatures.
The fuel cut auto cutof said 14.394 gallons.
So my actual MPG was 35.55

I estimated that 6 driven miles were not recorded by the odo because of the wormholes located on I90.

That brings my mileage for this endeavor to 36mpg.

So had i run all 16.2 gallons in my tank down to E, I would have reached 582 miles before I had to walk. 18 short of my goal.

The cool thing is that I did go through a major storm, did 20 over the limit for 10 miles keepin in front of a late 90's eclispe turbo, 3 drive through fast food restaurants, two short house searching trips, a half dozen trips into and out of my 3 stories deep parking garage, and a 20 mile round trip through stop sign riddled suburbia hell.

I never pushed tire pressure to 44 or whatever peopel are doin
I didnt use anything but the clutch, vacuum gague and the inst mpg to help me.
I never pissed anyone off or slowed traffic just to reach my goal, I either moved right, or sped up to normal flow speed.
I never took a trip longer than 30 miles.
No cruise control ever!
No a/c ever!

I have to check the data but I believe I averaged about 67% highway and 33% city.

I would guess that my HHR SS 5 speed, was getting 39/30Highway-city

Was it worth is.

YES!!!! It's tough at first, and becomes as easy as driving manual after a tank.

Cost savings?
Not that this was my motive, however I will save about $1.36 a gallon on the highway and $1.68 in the city by hypermiling if gas cost $4.00 a gallon.

Extra benifits are that my brakes will last a really long time, and my oil life will extend wel past 10,000 miles...lol.

 

Very impressive. I will be taking my first long highway trip since getting my SS in july so I am looking forward to trying to get as much from a tank as possible. Thanks for the great string of posts!


SPPD

 

i think you should have bought a Prius, more your style of car w the driving you do
then you could work out charts figuring out ways and length of time it takes to get your money back you spent extra for the Hybrid
Why did you buy a SS?
and if you like the HHR all you need is an LS or LT

 

In a prius I could get between 60 and 70 mpg using the same techniques I did in my HHR. Serioulsly. Guys are pulling over 1000 miles on a tank in those. And their tanks are tiny!

I think my HHR SS is the best vehicle out there for the 22,800 I paid.I either have more interior room, more power, better looks, or better economy. Usually 3 out of 4 if not 4 out of 4. Let me know if you disagree...lol

My style of driving is going to work, taking care of my 11 month son, and carrying my mountain bike places I can get muddy.

What is your driving style???

I didn't "spend extra" for a hybrid because at 39/30 and 260/260 hp/trq I don't need one!

I want my cars to perform like my mountain bike; stop-go-turn. I like all hhrs because they are cool, however the one that s-g-t the best is the SS

SO THAT IS WHAT I "NEED".

I'll make sure to send you picture when i get the tune, intercooler, cai , exhaust and pretty red pipes..lol with my avg-mpg reading 36mpg.

Later