blew me out of the water. I computed it three times and came out the same. That little truck glides better than any I've owned before, Out of gear, it doesn't take but a tiny grade to roll really freely. coasting FTW! BTW, 4.09-4.31 (regular) today.
Arco has it for 4.09, and shell for 4.31. It will indeed, hit five bux a gallon in the summer, sooner by the looks of it. the testing continues. New rig to test output with:
I just took a road trip to Bakersfield to visit family, 250 miles each way, plus drove about 100 miles in town. My best freeway drive before was 59.8 MPG, but I admit I was a rookie at driving this car. On this run, my fuel economy increased to an astonishing 68.6 MPG. Differences were putting the tires to their max rated PSI cold (so they actually go over max when hot), driving under 70 the whole time (averaging probably about 60 MPH), and maintaining steady throttle rather than steady speed (e.g. 1/5th throttle instead of "exactly 65 MPH" using cruise control). There were several times where I thought "Hmm, that probably used a lot more gasoline than I could've if I tried this instead" and so-on. I'm sure I'll get it up to the 70s next time. There were stretches where my instantaneous fuel meter read over 100 MPG for 10+ miles, but that was slightly downhill or ideal conditions. My in-town mileage using some of the basic tips from that article is up over 8 MPG as well (from 50 up to 58), mostly from trying to keep momentum and using the auto-stop at lights. Edit - Oh, on the freeway drive, I tried drafting trucks at various distances. I wasn't too keen on close-drafting, but the gas mileage was obviously considerably higher, up to 30% higher than open-air driving at 70. The "long draft" of 60-100+ feet helped a bit. I think I saw about 15% increased economy on the FCD, but didn't try it too much. More hypermiling to come later!
What are you driving again? An Insight? Wow, I'm impressed. I'm real curious if an EFIE will do what hypermiling has done, the two combined may really turn out decent. I just know that all the sensors and computer will produce better mileage, it stands to reason. But I always ask myself: "self, why are these computers callibrated for such shitty mileage?" then I look at where the oil/fuel industry would be if cars never ever used petrol for fuel. Oh, that's the reason.....bedfellows!
I increased my HHO production this weekend and am almost ready to build my vehicle installation now. I had my internet shut down because of not being able to afford it, so more time on my hands
33 mpg going 80 everywhere with the a/c on on my last tank, just been avoiding hitting the brakes and going faster when the winds blowing in my favor
Vids (5 & 5.1) posted in the "Something you might not know about oil prices..." thread. all vids are here: YouTube - mistawiskas's Channel Hydropowercar: Forum
gas was down to 49 cents/gallon when I was in high school (2002 is when I graduated). miss the days when it was $10 to fill up my whole tank...
Last year, it only cost 40 bux to fill my canyon; this year, at present, it costs 60 bux to fill the same truck. My hypermiling has netted me, on average, a five MPG increase, so it's paying off. When the highschoolers first got out of school, my mileage went from 22mpg down to 18mpg, simply because it was imposible to time lights, travel at steady speeds and coast because the kids were out "playing" on the streets. Jack assing around and expending the excitement energy of first being on summer break. since then, they probably have to buy thier own fuel now and/or have summer jobs anfd it's gotten better. Two days ago, I gauged 23MPG city! Prior to hypermiling, I was lucky to get 16 city.
haha hypermiling ftw! I'm still getting used to driving a mazda protege 5-speed over a ford explorer automatic. been so long since I've driven a stick. car needs a tune-up, which I will be getting in the next couple of weeks. hopefully that will help as it seems like it isn't getting the gas mileage it is supposed to.
A five speed is usually equipped with tall gears. That makes it easy on the free-rolling. Get used to slamming ther clutch in and holding it in traffic and especially on hills. If I know I'm going to have to stop, I take my foot off the gas immediately and slam down the clutch. My truck rolls especially well and I've gotten to be able to judge how far i can roll and how much speed drop in a given amount of distance on known streets. It's become a fun challenge. "When life give you lemons....make lemonade!" to keep it interesting, I've made it a personal competition. With traffic and lights being kind to me, I can coast from the north freeway exit all the way downtown at the speed limit....about 2.5 miles.
