So I was commuting into work today at my usual 29 mpg speed, and I noticed a Honda Insite with an older guy driving, slipstreaming a Big Rig in the RH lane. Always kind of liked that car although my son co-drove one across country, and after climbing the Rockies swore he would never drive one again (compare that with a turbo 2.0 *laugh*). Anyway, being in the left lane I saw it coming, a large spit-off truck re-tread, you guessed it, passed right under the big rig and totally nailed the Insight. I had accelerated hard to get out of the way, and give him an opening but no way he could react. Good news he did not create a huge accident, bad news he destroyed a lot of front end body work and maybe more. Moral=don't draft a big rig.

 

Amen to that....In fact don't draft anything ...ever! Drafting is like driving with your eyes closed. Moreover why was an INSIGHT drafting.... dosen't that POS get 60mpg???!!!

 

I live in Michigan and a lot of people could save gas if you drive like some do.
#1 Don't stop at STOP signs just cruse on through.
#2 (Not sure how this works) Pass on double yellow lines and in intersections.
#3 If the car in front of you is using the 2 second rule pass them and draft.
#4 If your on a 4 lane road cut from lane to lane to take advantage of other
faster cars in the draft
#5 Yellow lights mean go like hell it so you dont set through a red light.
I hope this helps with hypermiling.

 

Edmunds says 70mpg... http://www.edmunds.com/honda/insight/review.html

Darn thats high.....just no power. Rated at 67 HP on its 1.0 ltr engine

I avoided the draft.... I enlisted

 

NICE!

 

if it boosts gas mileage just 1 mile, it's still worth.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech....ap/index.html

 

Sorry charlie....youll probably lose mileage with this stuff. Spend the $150 on a scangauge and get 20% better mileage through something real! Better driving. Or if you have an SS use the instmpg and the "vacuum gauge" to accomplish the same thing.

 

How can a scangauge improve mileage? I never heard of it, and would like to get more info.

 

Scangauge II, its a device that reads and displays your obd(computer) information. It will tell you what is happening while driving. Read up on it, it will help you drive more efficient when you want, and how inefficient when you feel the need to speed. It is a TOOL that will help you learn to drive better in context of mileage. This is what REALLY helps mileage, as reading books help your knowledge. Sell it once you are done with it, or show a friend on their car.

This is NO gimmick.

Others are Dash Daq, and Dashhawk.

i cannot reccomed which is best, but if you do not have a boost gauge and inst-mpg, this is the best solution that I know.

 

Sounds like Southern California to me. Makes me so mad I could cuss when I am trying to maintain a safe distance behind the car ahead and three people try to jam their cars in there.

I'm all for getting the best fuel mileage possible but some of these recommended techniques are just dangerous. Drafting is only one of the dangerous ones. You try to draft off the wrong person and they are going to jam the brakes on. I read on one site that one of the best hypermiling techniques is to weave from lane to lane so you never have to stop. Yeah, real safe! The HHR gets close to 30mpg. Good enough. I set the cruise while on the interstate to keep from staying on the gas all the time. Granted, I usually set it about 80. My Jeep gets 10mpg. My Cadillac gets about 16. I'll settle for the 30 of the HHR without playing all the driving games. Having all those things on your mind while driving sounds a lot more dangerous to me than talking on a cell phone.

While I don't believe in it, I respect everyone else's rights to 'hypermile'. Right up to the point that they put me of my family in danger.