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Old 07-04-2006, 08:11 PM
birchman2 birchman2 is offline
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Real Name: James
Location: Southern California
Hybrids: 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid
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Default Re: HCH II hypermilers

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Originally Posted by kenny
I chose routes with fewer cars or less aggressive drivers.

On the freeway I prefer driving in bad traffic now.
No pressure to go fast.
When there are very few cars in on a Los Angeles freeway everyone gets giddy and even the right lanes are zooming at 65 or 70 MPH.
Ironically I stay out of the carpool lane 99% of the time, even when I could be going faster there.

Just keep practicing.
I've had 2.5 years to experiment.
Less aggressive drivers in Southern Cali where?

Bad traffic is a good thing and I too get better mileage as long as there is room to glide. I just recently got my Scion XB to almost 39mpg for a tank using pulse and glide. It's almost like neutral was a gear once the car was rolling in traffic.

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James


Best MPG tank: 57.7 calculated
Best Trip: 73.8mpg displayed(Palmdale"LACR" to LAX)

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