Hypermiling is now becoming a much talked about means to save gas. With current gas prices skyrocketing, and unclear if and when they would roll back, people are bracing for the worst and looking for ways to save on gas.
Hypermiling is a way to get extra miles to the gallon and maximize your gas mileage by changing the way you drive. That way, you buy gas less often and save on gas costs.
Here are a few tips that we found to be very interesting, we found them on this page, 105 hypermiling - ecodriving tips. Some are very simple things that we often overlook, but do help us save gas.
Tip 4) Clean junk from your trunk
The additional weight you carry in your vehicle doesn’t ride for free. It takes energy to move it around. Removing unnecessary stuff from your vehicle saves fuel.
7) Remove unused roof racks
If your vehicle come with a roof rack and you don’t use it, remove it. Same holds true for bike racks. Doing so will reduce aerodynamic drag, resulting in better fuel economy.
12) Leave early and don’t rush
The enemy of efficient driving is finding yourself in a rush. Leave for your destination a little early so you don’t feel pressure to drive faster, brake later and otherwise fall back into bad habits.
Driving efficiently can be much more relaxing than the typical person’s driving style, but you need to allow a bit of extra time.
13) Crosswind barrier
Headwinds aren’t the only winds that increase fuel consumption - cross winds can have a large negative effect as well. In crosswind conditions, choosing a route with a barrier (trees or buildings) along the edge will save fuel compared to a road in the open.
28) Minimize idling when stopped
If you’re going to be stopped for more than a few seconds, shift to neutral and shut off your engine. This is one of the main reasons hybrid vehicles get such good fuel economy in urban driving.
Caveat 1: this assumes your vehicle is in good tune and will re-start immediately, every time.
Caveat 2: if you’re a defensive driver, you’re habitually evaluating the risk of a rear crash when slowing and when stopped. Obviously you will want to leave your engine on in those circumstances (for a quick rear crash avoidance manoeuver).
There are more tips on the source, feel free to browse through to that page. In case you are interested in hybrid cards and conversion kits to make your car run on water, click this link to learn more on hydrogen kit conversion.
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Some thoughts/experiences: Using the A/C makes a big difference. Also, on hot days, I notice that the cooling fan is running nearly constantly - that must use a bit more gas than normal. I imagine that I could squeak out a few more miles by going 55 instead of 57 mph, but for some reason - my right foot is a Sammy Hagar fan. The boxy shape of the Forester + drafting behind tractor trailers and busses = a jostled ride. Read More.
I heard about acetone addition to fuel recently. Acetone is actually an ingredient in most fuel additives you use off the shelf. If you add it to your tank you will notice that your engine runs smoother. You may also get increased mileage, though that will be pretty negligible. Acetone is incredibly evaporative. If you spill some, notice how quick it disappears. If you use Acetone addition, you want to use 2.5-3 oz per 10 gallons. Read More.
Hypermiling Can Improve Gas Mileage 30% or More. My husband has been trying a hypermiling experiment over the past couple of weeks. For those who are unfamiliar with it, hypermiling is changing the way that you drive to significantly increase your car’s fuel efficiency. Read More.
As gas prices continue to climb, so does concern about getting the most miles for your bucks. And that’s where “hypermiling” kicks into gear. It’s a term coined by Wayne Gerdes of CleanMPG.com, who says hypermiling can as much as double your mileage. Gerdes and his team hold the world record - 2,250 miles in a single tank, which worked out to 164 miles per gallon. Read More.
Hypermiler is a term coined by Wayne Gerdes to describe a driver who strives to exceed their vehicle’s EPA fuel economy rating. In conventional vehicles they can often match the mileage of an average person driving an equivalent hybrid. Read More.
Yahoo!’s morning news program (…who knew?), has a great interview with famous hypermiler John Flory. John is obsessed with efficiency. He’s gotten his stock Honda Civic up to near 100 mpg. He takes a circuitous route to work because it includes a long downhill, which he refers to as “road candy.” Read More.
Hypermiling is changing your driving behavior (to the extreme) to save gas, in so many words. We all are feeling the huge pinch from the gas pump now that gas is $4.00/gallon on average. If you’re anything like me, I’ve been thinking about useful and PRACTICAL ways I can save gas which in turn will help save me money. Read More.
I have continued to monitor my gas mileage and have been consistently seeing around 30mpg without using some of the more extreme hypermiling measures. This has still left me a bit puzzled. I have two possible conclusions—one or both of which must be correct based on my results: I suck at the hypermiling techniques. My car sucks at hypermiling techniques.Read More.
In the age of $3.00 /gallon gas we are bombarded with tips for increasing our fuel economy. I have mentioned how keeping your tires inflated can increase safety and fuel consumption. Other common tips for better gas mileage include using cruise control, avoiding traffic, and driving less aggressively. Hypermiling takes getting the best MPG to the extreme. Read More.
There’s a very thin line here between foolish and dangerous and really pushing the envelope. If Trowbridge is doing on empty country roads then chances are he’s not anybody’s problem but his own. If he’s trying in the city where I live, he’s an obstruction to traffic. I think hypermiling is awesome but like an extreme car driving, it has a time and place. Read More.
I recently learned about hypermiling, a collection of driving techniques for increasing the mileage you get in your car and wondered what it would do for the mileage on my 2007 Ninja 250R which already gets great mileage.
On this last tank, I didn’t do any hypermiling techniques for the first 100 miles but used them for the second 100 miles. After 206 miles, it took 3.04 gallons of gas (at over $4./gal!) to fill it up. That comes out to 67.7 mpg. That seemed like an improvement over what I usually get which has been around 65 mpg for the same type of city and island driving. The next tank will be a better test. I’ll be surprised if it doesn’t come in over 70 mpg. Read More.
The increase in gas prices have hit people very hard and increasing number of motorists in the U.S. are looking for alternatives.
This desperate need to control the rising costs, has given rise to the new fad called “hypermiling.” This is a radical driving technique that is designed to make use of every bit of power from the tank, which doubles the gas mileage even in vehicles that are guzzlers.
Hypermiling has become very popular with drivers worldwide, as concern over the increasing price of gas and environmental issues heightens. Whatever their reason, whether it is to save a few dollars or aim at helping the environment, hypermiling is being seen as the smart way to drive. Read More.
Hypermiling is a way of driving that increases your miles per gallon. There are all kinds of techniques to make this happen, and most of them seem pretty logical. Stuff like not accelerating too fast, keeping at the speed limit, taking advantage of gravity and coasting down hills. Read More.
Cars stranded on the side of the highway are starting to make waves in the media. People who are already trying hard to make ends meet by doing simple things like carpooling or stupid things like aggressive hypermiling (including intentional tailgating and failure to slow down adequately through cornering maneuvers) are still running out of … Read More.
