Anyone here Hypermil

[Kaveh]

HEY WHERES THE REST OF THAT VIDDEO???

Looks like it was removed 

It was on youtube, after a Internet search, I found other sites that used to host it, but they removed it as well.  Probably threaten with copyright or something. 

Do you want the spoiler?
he makes it all the way back

[mstevens]

HEY WHERES THE REST OF THAT VIDDEO???

Yes, that's pretty frustrating. Useless, in fact.

[the_Journeyman]

I baby my '97 Taurus with 173,000 miles.  I don't do the mirrors thing & shut the motor off though.  I ease off the line at lights/stop signs, plan my routes to avoid the handful of heavy traffic & long lights in town (I can do this without making more than a mile difference on my drive) and never go through drive throughs at the bank/fast food.  I also don't stomp down the pedal to regain speed after slowing in a curve or speeding up for an on-ramp.  In a well-worn, heavy, underpowered car, I'm managing 25-27mpg and have seen as high as 29 in mixed driving.

JM

[Monsterlover]

I filled up this morning and have been going out of my way to drive "nice."  Normally, my mpg meter would say 18-19, and Im at 21 right now with a peak earlier today of 23.  While this is an improvement, the rest of the drivers around me are going insane with rage at my crappy acceleration.

From now on Ill probably still try to drive "nice" but Ill strike a balance between that and driving

[factorPlayer]

+1 that's really the way to go - balance in all things.

I started driving a bit like that when I borrowed my mom's PT Cruiser, but for some reason it gets atrocious gas mileage for a four-banger, so it didn't do much good. 

Clarkson is right in the video, it does take a lot of active brainpower to stay driving on that level since you have to anticipate things so far in advance if you plan to shun the brake much.  It's a little fatiguing actually, and maddening when you hit a string of red lights. 

[c_rex]

While this is an improvement, the rest of the drivers around me are going insane with rage at my crappy acceleration.

lmao- so that was you! 

[Monsterlover]

Oh you know it was

[superjohn]

I do drive a lot like Clarkson was driving in that video. I shut the car off at LONG lights, and coast downhill in neutral in residential areas. I also try to avoid braking, pushing the gass pedal down more than an inch or so, or changing speed by more than 5 mph on the highway, and I get about 10% to 20% better fuel economy than the EPA estimates on my Accord.

I don't make a practice of drafting, though I will get a little close rather than slam on the brakes as long as there's not heavy traffic.  I remember when Honda first introduced the Insight hybrid though that they had a contest for the car magazines to see who could get the best mileage. Car and Driver won by taking a Suburban, opening the rear door and using 2 way radio to drive the Insight wihtin 6 inches of the rear of the Suburban the whole trip. I think they managed 80+ MPG's in the Insight.

[Stucky]

(snip)
I started driving a bit like that when I borrowed my mom's PT Cruiser, but for some reason it gets atrocious gas mileage for a four-banger, so it didn't do much good. 
(snip)

PT's get horrible gas mileage because they are ridiculously heavy.  Chrysler's stand on this fact is they wanted you to be safer in a more robust cage, therefore heavier vehicle (and horrendous gas mileage).

[the_Journeyman]

Maybe what Stucky said is true.  My fiancée's 2004 Malibu Classis with a 2.3L 4 cyl with about 85,000 miles gets about 21-220mpg.  My '97 Taurus with 173,000 miles gets 24-27mpg.  I'm sure a lot of it is driving style ~

JM

[Le Pirate]

so.....


coming back from the S/O's parents this weekend, I had a south wind pushing me....did about 250 miles of freeway and got 36mpg


going down the wind was pushing into us and we got about 28.6

[DY]

so.....


coming back from the S/O's parents this weekend, I had a south wind pushing me....did about 250 miles of freeway and got 36mpg


going down the wind was pushing into us and we got about 28.6

what were you driving?

[krolik]

My question is: does the fuel savings outweigh the cost of the increased maintenance... because the starter in a standard gas vehicle is not designed to cycle that many times for a given number of miles traversed, so you're gonna be replacing it more often.  You're also hitting the starter gear teeth into the flywheel ring gear teeth more often than it was designed for, which *could* lead to earlier flywheel replacement (as many modern cars do not have a separately replaceable flywheel ring gear like the old stuff did).

I've been tempted to shut off my VR6 when I approach lights I know to be long (I already do if I come up on a railroad crossing where I have reason to believe I'll be waiting at least 1 minute)... but I really don't want to replace the starter in that car anytime soon.

I do wonder what kind of gas mileage a 2.8l VR6 would get if one "hypermiled".

I doubt that you'd see much difference in the wear of a starter if you shut it off at lights and such.  You'd probably still be ahead $$$ wise in the fuel savings.

[il d00d]

I remember watching something on Discovery years ago where engineers were attempting to break a mileage record on a closed course - the did so by accelerating to top speed WOT, then drifting to almost a stop, repeat.  I can't be troubled to find factual info, but here is the gist of it.
I call bull on waiting to accelerate with an auto - this magical forward momentum comes from someplace.

[Popeye the Sailor]

I call bull on waiting to accelerate with an auto - this magical forward momentum comes from someplace.

Yeah...your torque converter. You use the same energy at idle no matter what, however with no fuel applied, an automatic car will move forward. That's why you need to keep your foot on the brake. They are correct-they're suggesting you allow the car to start moving while at idle, thus making sure that as you accelerate, you do not have to break static friction.

Though if they really cared they'd get a moto  [moto]