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Hypermiling is penny wise and dollar stupid, no thanks.
While it is not hypermiling, from time to time I do use tractor-trailers as wind breakers in heavy headwind and impromptu battering rams in inclement weather while on the interstate. I can stop a heck of a lot quicker than they can so I find them useful to closely follow in those types of situations.
Last edited by Lux Hauler; 01-02-2015 at 10:51 AM..
No...I'm talking about the digital display that tells you that you're getting 38.2 mpg right now and changes second by second depending on how you depress (or back off) the accelerator.
The best way to save gas is to keep a steady pace and stay off the brakes.
Braking wastes gas that you have already burned. It's like running your furnace to get your house to 80°, then shutting it off and turning your air conditioner on to cool it down to 70° because it's too hot.
Also, if you're going up a hill and need to speed up, it's far better if you just hold steady on the uphill side, and let gravity speed you up for free on the downhill side.
The other techniques that hypermilers use are too dangerous, illegal, or fall into what I believe to be penny wise, pound foolish category.
Sensible answer - if you can learn to feel how a car responds to its own drag and innate engine braking you can draw out extra mileage and longer brake and transmission life.
No...I'm talking about the digital display that tells you that you're getting 38.2 mpg right now and changes second by second depending on how you depress (or back off) the accelerator.
Overall, it calculates mpg per tankful.
Even eco-boxes seem to have these now.
Mikey
Ah.... Those have been around for decades now. Even in mainstream models.
My grand father and I did the Mobil Economy Run several years. We started it just for fun with his 1954 Mercury 4 door with a 312 4 barrel. The car had a 3 speed manual with overdrive and free wheeling. With Goodyear Double Eagle tires, the ones that had another tire inside and could be run flat, we got real close to winning our division. The last year we ran it he had bought a Rambler wagon to run the thing. Considering the times, we did real good with it at 23.8 mpgs for the run. Today, I get better than that with my 2014 F150 3.7 Supercrew. With gauges for telling me the HP output, demand, and instant fuel mileage, I can milk over 27 mpg out of it and still drive at max hiway speeds. It's all in knowing when and how. On most modern engines, once you reach speed, back off of the gas just a hair. You won't lose speed but it will advance the timing and give you better fuel mileage. Keep tires at the max air pressure that it states on the side wall and learn to coast to a stop. Using brakes means wasted energy. Most of the new engines will turn off the injectors coasting to save gas. Might as well use the technology. Once you learn how to drive for fuel mileage, you can easily beat any cruise control and sometimes by a lot. I would not consider this hypermiling as there are numerous other things you can do to the vehicle to milk mileage as well as driving technique that would drive other drivers nutz. The public streets are not a place to practice full on hypermiling.
No...I'm talking about the digital display that tells you that you're getting 38.2 mpg right now and changes second by second depending on how you depress (or back off) the accelerator.
Overall, it calculates mpg per tankful.
Even eco-boxes seem to have these now.
Mikey
I have a Scangauge that gives me real time MPG and i find it tough to read as it is all over the place all the time, i much prefer an average MPG reading of the tank,trip or day.
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