I haven't been paying attention to this thread till now so I don't
know what else was said, but I've done what I would call casual
hypermiling (keeping it legal) on my 86 Corvette, mildly modified for
SCCA Solo2 racing (street prepared category) and I can get 33mpg
highway and 26+ city/highway avg on it, but it is incredibly boring.
Do a web search on hypermiling and stick to what is legal and your
mileage should go up 30-40% over what you are currently getting...the
one place where you are stuck is in total stop and go traffic though.
Mark Noakes
On Jul 30, 2008, jamesf@groupwbench.org wrote:
On Jul 29, 2008, at 11:07 PM, eric@megageek.com wrote:
>
>
> So, there are way better ways to reduce fuel costs. Didn't
someone
> here
> once post about putting a tennis ball under the gas pedal?
>
>
I have an '04 WRX. A friend had an '02. She said no matter how
gently
she drove, she never got better than 22mpg. So I never tried.
WHen gas hit $4 I tried. Shift at 2000 rpm, predictive coasting, no
AC, max 70mph. I was able to get 30 mpg from it. It wasn't fun,
especially in Boston, but it worked.
jim
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