Anyone tried hypermileage for improving fuel economy?

Here's a link: CleanMPG, An authoritative source on fuel economy and hypermiling

Any good results doing this?

I've started trying it today, but having lived in Northern CA for a while I have a hard time not using my

 

There are some other Fit owners over there... check out the Mileage Logs

 

Yeah, I do it everytime I drive. It's pretty painless and I average over 40 MPG since new.

 

I've been hypermiling for almost a week now. I'm still on the same tank of gasoline. I'll post my economy once I refuel. On a sidenote - I've kept meticulous records of my fuel usage/mileage since day one. That should help to determine if hypermiling helps (rather HOW MUCH it helps).


Any other hypermilers?

 

Can you go over the basics of hypermiling and how you follow it?

 

can some give me a quick class in
Hypermileage?

 

Yea im very curious aswell.

Tyler

 

follow the link and theres a section on the left called articles...

 

for all the lazy people (like me)
Beating the EPA - The Why’s and how to Hypermile. - CleanMPG Forums

 

I too practice the art of hypermiling. I'm a member of gassavers.org. You can check out my gaslog Gaslog data for Fish's Fit . I haven't updated it throughout the winter. My personal best so far is 47-48mpg. I'm gonna shoot for 50+ this summer. Right now in the winter I get about 41-43mpg.

 

To me it seems like once you start trying to save gas you suck the fun right out of driving. Yeah you might get a bit worse MPG on your way to work, but your drive to work put a big smile on your face and started your day out in a fun way! 3.3 MPH per second is like slower then grandma driving, that would make driving a nightmare.(at least to me)

Tyler

 

I can def agree with Tyler. It does take the fun out of driving. I try to hypermile on every other fill up when I can. Commuting of 100 miles round trip to and from work can be really really boring if you hypermile all the time. It can put you to sleep, personal experience. Interesting that some folks has broken the 40MPG. I haven't yet and was curious how fast are most of them going when they get 40+MPG.

 

No way I could drive around like that. lol

 

I typically drive at or around the speed limit. I know what it's like coming up on a slow driver and I try not to be that annoying slow driver. I think a big part of increasing my fuel economy is in city driving. Watching and planning ahead for which lights will be changing and what the cars or pedestrians are doing further down the road. I stick with 60-70 on the freeway and do a little bit of distant drafting of the semi's. I don't accelerate at the snail's pace of 3.3mph/second either. I accelerate a a competative pace, I just shift around 3,000rpm to stay out of VTEC. I also coast as much as possible and take turns as fast as possible so the Fit doesn't have to work as hard to get back up to speed.
Hypermiling may not always be fun, but it's a challenge, plus it helps to save up money for parts.

 

I guess that most folks aren't ready for this type of driving. I do find it challenging to get high mileage. My average is now 40.4 US since new. It's nuts, but I hate it when I have a drive that gets me less than that. When I do, I try to compensate on my next drive. I might take a slower road of something. Sirius radio helps me drive a little slower. Having said that I try to never get in anyone's way. Though I do wonder what their hurry is?

 

I was just reading an article today about someone hypermiling a Euro Civic Diesel.
Jalopnik Reviews: Hypermiling the 2007 Honda Civic 2.2 i-CTDi and 2007 Audi Q7 4.2 TDI

They actually got 72mpg out of it!!! Any idea how we can get one of those here??

 

I hypermile when I can. The last tank when I concentrated and did mostly pulse and glide whenever I could I got 44.8 in terrible conditions - below freezing and night time 50%, 20% city and with people in the car too.
In better conditions during warm but dry weather I think that could have been an easy 50.
The Fit has a HUGE crutch due to its bad final drive ratio causing very high RPM in 5th gear.

Not every hypermiling technique is for everyone, but I suggest getting a Scangauge II so you can see how far you can go just by using only the techniques you are comfortable with.

I'm surprised that some people are amazed at 35 MPG while as southerncannuck said, I'm upset when I get below 40.

Random fact: The 1.3L engine available in the Fit overseas is the same one used in the Civic Hybrid. If that were available here, people could be pulling off better numbers than the HCH with just careful driving.

 

Word. You are 100% correct. The engine is simply revving too high in 5th gear when you get over 70-75mph. I assume it is not as bad in the automatic though.

 

yeah i think if the fit final ratio was more around 3.7 or 3.9 even the mileage would be more...

 

Was wonder why those that have been Hypermiling have not take the time to make an entry into the CleanMPG web site for you Fit?

CleanMPG, - Garage An authoritative source on fuel economy and hypermiling

I plan to register and stick it to them with my 1st fill 38.4mpg