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Old 05-16-2005, 09:36 PM
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Default Re: Tour de Sol Monte Carlo results

My thought was that since you have true 90+ mpg hypermiling skills you might have a better shot at using the MIMA to meet the 500 mile/100+ mpg challenge. I figure adding something like a square moving van ahead of you to create draft would help the mpg even more.

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I am sure you saw the 118 mpg gauge cluster shot as well but was that from a cold dead stop or was it an FCD reset while traveling down the road at 50 mph and then coming to a stop after 15 miles? There is a huge difference between starting from a cold dead stop and running up to 117 mpg over how ever many miles vs. running at 120 mpg and resetting the FCD for just 15 miles. I just haven’t heard which was used in the pic yet?
I haven't heard which was used either. I mean I can set up a 100+ mpg shot like that by resetting just before one of my long hills and driving easy terrrain with no stops for a while.

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