Hi Ericbecky:

___I went out to see Star Wars with the kids so when I got back, it was already to go! Lakedude’s vid was almost as enjoyable as the movie to me for some reason

___Lakedude, excellent use of Forced Auto-Stop throughout your drive … Nice to let her warm up at slow cruise before the first Forced Autostop as well. The only item I would add is to attempt to use less or no assist under all the climbs and accelerations from the lights/signs. Downshift to 4th and then 3rd if you need to but the speed limits appeared to be low enough to appear to make a slower climb OK? With a smaller hit on the SoC, you could use 5th gear coming down instead of a clutched startup in 3rd to grab some regen. You will receive some Fuel Cut in 4th and 5th but your speeds might be a bit on the high side and I bet you have seen some State Troopers on the bottom of that hill given your comments on it

___It appeared like you were accelerating a bit faster then I would in the Insight through your subdivision and on the road with little to no traffic? I did see a small hit on the SoC but that last long downhill hill looked like a great way to run the SoC right back up. Excellent commentary and it wasn’t boring by any means for any hypermiler wanting to learn a thing or two!

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net