View these tips and more on my blog . People ask what I do to get that kind of mileage, so here's a quick description: My tach only goes over 2k twice a day, when I'm going up the hill between my house and the highway. Even then it only goes up to 2.5k. I also have what I call "Floor it Friday", when I go from 20mph to 60mph with the pedal on the floor getting onto the highway in the morning. I think it's good to actually open up your engine and let it do it's thing on occasion. If you really take your foot out of the throttle and pay attention to the traffic around and out in front of you so you can keep your foot off the brake then you can get fantastic mileage out of these cars You can always read up on "hypermiling" as well, but some of those guys do insane stuff. I'm not taking corners at 50mph, I'm not going to severly overinflate my tires, I'm not going to draft a semi at 70mph with my engine off. These things aren't remotely safe and my life is worth way more than $2 in gas. |