50mpg Barrier finally broken!

[EchoBallin]

Im driving an '02 Echo, with a good list of mods, and in rural driving conditions. Lots of highway, with 30% city or so. Biggest mod is killswitch, but I don't use P&G.

I managed 551.7 miles on 10.8 gallons, giving 51 MPG

And this is WITHOUT these major planned mods:
-full bellypan (big deal on these echos)
-Kammback
-Front wheel covers&skirts

I'm pretty stoked for what is to come!

[Jyden]

Nice result in an '02 car. Keep it up - you are gooing really good.

[nemo]

51MPG

Originally Posted by EchoBallin

Biggest mod is killswitch, but I don't use P&G.

So how or when are you using your kill switch.

[EchoBallin]

I don't use Pulse and Glide because the constant speed changes seem very unattractive for the car's health and my health too. I still use the killswitch by shutting the engine down when I would naturally come to a stop. Before a stop sign, i may pulse my speed up a little to coast longer to the sign, but that is the extent of my killswitch use.

[mcrews]

very nice job!!!

[YeahPete]

Nice job! Engine off coasting didn't work for me. It caused my knock censor to go off twice so I decided to stop that. Pulse and glide does work very well for me when there is no traffic.

[MetroMPG]

Congrats!

What part of the country are you in? If it's a cold weather part, the numbers are only going to get better as winter departs.

[EchoBallin]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

What part of the country are you in? If it's a cold weather part, the numbers are only going to get better as winter departs.

I'm in Illinois, the center of the US. We've had a pretty brutal winter..long and cold. Buut, the temps are climbing now, and I can definitely attribute some of my recent gains to the warm-ups. It's only gone from ~20*F to ~50*F, so I'm excited for when temps climb to 80+*F.

And thanks everyone!!

[HondaOnly]

congrats on the 50 club

[Flakbadger]

Congratulations, and thanks for making me look bad