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.

 

We had averaged 31.9 mpg on our trip to and from Branson last weekend...

 

Did Gramps or Angie drive?

 

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

 

I only turned the motor off at stops, I shifted in to N when coasting. I don't think I could bring myself to shut it off on the hyway!

 

Try

http://www.cleanmpg.com/

This will explain some of the various techniques hypermilers have been using.

 

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...

 

Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers bro! I know ya know I was joking, just gotta keep you on your toes!

 

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.