Trip A is of the last 45 miles and I have got 41-42 mpg -- mostly highway.

Trip B is the total distance of the car ~270 and it's mpg is just over 35. This includes the 10 miles that were on the car at delivery.

The first couple days, I was just driving. I have read some articles here on hypermiling.

What I have been doing is "feathering" the gas pedal.

I have not raised the tire pressure for safety and comfort reasons.

I have experimented with cruise control, but when it brought me up to 3.5k rpms, I stopped. I normally try to not go over 2.5k rpms.

I haven't hung out behind trucks.

My commute consists of long grades up and down, so it's hard to ramp up for them. Going up them puts the mpg meter in the ~30 range, going down them puts it into the ~70 range.

I have expeirmented with the AC on or off. I will take your advice to keep the ClimCntrl set at 86-80.

Any tips?

Thanks, noflash.

P.S. Hopefully after a few thousand miles I will be able to average in the mid-to-high forties. That's my goal anyway.