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Old 04-07-2006, 04:05 PM
enp83 enp83 is offline
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Default Re: 1st time breaking 60mpg

Hmm, well the first pic with 62.7mpg is from Thursday the 6th and the 61.5mpg is from Friday the 7th. I think I tried to "hypermile" just as hard on those two days as I did last week when I got 63.8mpg. I changed the oil to a full synthetic inbetween the 1st and 2nd tries, but also noticed my tire pressure dropped from 40-44PSI down to 38 PSI...gotta pump those babies back up. On the 2nd two tries I also DWL/"coasted" (I think) on a few down hill sections instead of going into electric glid mode...to see if I could tell a difference in mpg, guess I couldn't really.

I'm definately breaking 50mpg on this tank, all 3 "hyper mile" commutes are during the morning, afternoon commutes have been around 47 mpg...not trying to hypermile really, driving faster to keep up with traffic (not much traffic at 5:10-5:40am during the morning commute). In the city I'm averaged mid to high 50s all day long now, the only thing that hurts me with sub 50mpg segments are cold engines on initial start ups, which are being reduced thanx to warmer weather and the slight sub 50mpg afternoon commutes where the road & traffic just don't cooperate as much.




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