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A compilation of ideas put together for a discussion during the international insightfest in Indy in August 2016:
***** CONDITIONS PERMITTING: traffic, weather, and road
**** Slow down, try 5 mph less, then try more. Single biggest effect. A link to ol'rowdy's mpg vs mph chart
**** Tires: Bridgestone Potenza RE92 P165/65 R14
*** Air up the tires
*** Don't use A/C
*** Establish a good "baseline" mpg early in the trip. Perhaps an alternate route for the first part of the trip.
** Aero-panels under the car.
** Constant throttle rather than constant speed. The opposite of what cruise control does. Lose some speed going up grades, and regain it going down.
** Accelerate slowly.
* Conserve momentum, look & plan ahead
***** WATCH BEHIND for inattentive approaching drivers. Stay to extreme right. Flash the emergency flashers a few times to alert them.
G1 MT epa rated for 61 city / 70 highway
G1 CVT epa rated for 57 city / 56 highway
The above epa ratings can easily be exceeded by employing even just a couple hypermiling methods.
For more detail and methods, here's a link to an article by Wayne Gerdes , a big name on cleanmpg.com. Very thorough.
Here's what I did with my 1st mt (silver) when I drove it back from Green Bay, WI.
***** CONDITIONS PERMITTING: traffic, weather, and road
**** Slow down, try 5 mph less, then try more. Single biggest effect. A link to ol'rowdy's mpg vs mph chart
**** Tires: Bridgestone Potenza RE92 P165/65 R14
*** Air up the tires
*** Don't use A/C
*** Establish a good "baseline" mpg early in the trip. Perhaps an alternate route for the first part of the trip.
** Aero-panels under the car.
** Constant throttle rather than constant speed. The opposite of what cruise control does. Lose some speed going up grades, and regain it going down.
** Accelerate slowly.
* Conserve momentum, look & plan ahead
***** WATCH BEHIND for inattentive approaching drivers. Stay to extreme right. Flash the emergency flashers a few times to alert them.
G1 MT epa rated for 61 city / 70 highway
G1 CVT epa rated for 57 city / 56 highway
The above epa ratings can easily be exceeded by employing even just a couple hypermiling methods.
For more detail and methods, here's a link to an article by Wayne Gerdes , a big name on cleanmpg.com. Very thorough.
Here's what I did with my 1st mt (silver) when I drove it back from Green Bay, WI.