| phins2rt |
I knew senior member xcel was into this "hypermiling" but I had no idea he invented it!!!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080430...Qf2TUIpaHQDW7oF
...Wayne Gerdes, a former nuclear plant operator from Wadsworth, Illinois, and the originator of hypermiling, said he gets 40-70 mpg out of his Ford Ranger pickup truck, about doubling its official fuel consumption of 25 mpg.....
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| jhue |
| I've seen Wayne on some high-def channel on Dish Network (one of the VOOM channels I think) hypermiling his Honda Accord. He gets better mileage in his Accord (49mpg) than I get in my Prius, although I probably get the finger less than he does. |
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| midnightMDX |
| Yea, I think I remember reading some articles about him, because of this site. Pretty cool. :cool: |
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| BlueStreak |
I saw this couple days ago when I was looking at what people are doing to max their mileage from the HCH II. (Honda Civic Hybrid Gen II). Everything from 0w20 oil to pumping the tires up to how to accelerate and use max electrical motor and minimal gas.
There are some great concepts out there and I give him credit.
He has a group buy going on a ScanGauge if anyone has seen it. I know the X has an MPG display as does my HCH and my Corvette, but this will also display and clear DTC codes, so I'm considering. I can move from car to car and can use to validate mileage the computer's showing.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10448
I know with the HCH acceleration is key to maxing the mileage. And I'm practicing with the X to stay below 2,000RPM's, as above is where my mileage tends to suffer the most.
Way to go Wayne! |
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| G. COLTON |
From what I read in that article, there is no new technique exposed. The only thing that has not been used by many people for many years is drafting, and that has not been used because of the exteme danger. It is OK on the race track, where it is still dangerous, but controllable and only practiced by professional drivers. To be highly and actively discouraged of drivers on city streets and highways.
A person who saved $15,000 since 9/11 must drive an extraordinary amount. I have not even spent that much over those years on two vehicles. At an average cost of $2.50 per gallon, that is 6,000 gallons of fuel. Let us say the average mpg is 18 miles per gallon.
That means the savings was the equavilant of driving 108,000 miles. That is a SAVINGS in driving of 14,400 miles per year.
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