I get Google Alerts for news & blogs about fuel economy. This one popped up this morning and it's a neat read.
I always get a kick out of people's responses when they "discover" the effect of highway speed on fuel consumption.
The non-hypermiling owner simply decided to slow to near the speed limit as an "experiment". Fuel saving and excited reactions ensued...
Quote:
March-April Average = 58.24 mpg
May Average = 66.36 mpg
Which is a 14% Difference.
That is so huge! A 14% difference in fuel efficiency just because I drove a little slower! And I will add here, by the way, that I did my best to drive the speed limit but I was generally driving within 5 miles of the speed limit, and that there were at least 1 or 2 trips that were a little faster than originally planned because I was in a big hurry. And still!
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Source:
http://tinychoices.com/2008/06/04/re...ay-experiment/
Of course the improvement doesn't take into account improving weather (temps), but it's still interesting to look at the fuel log:
http://tinychoices.com/2008/06/04/re...ay-experiment/
