Newton is costing me MPG - The hills thread

[redyaris]

When it comes to blaming people for things, I prefer to keep my scape goats more current. Newton and Einstein are so passe, I think it must be Steven Hawking who is the cause of hills and the difficulty they present.

[Arragonis]

I have a long list of scapegoats, usually ending with Mrs Thatcher - I usually blame her for everything from the lack of world peace to my lawn mower failing the other weekend. Its just a habit I gained in the 80s.

Update - A trip from Embra to Cumbernauld today netted me mid-70s MPG on the SG2, it was getting better on the way back with some quite aggressive P&G both up and down hill. I'm not as familiar as I thought I was with the hills on this route so I did what I could with the route and cruised at 60 behind trucks for the remainder.

The trick to get P&G to work seemed to be a lower gear, so I hit 3rd and used between 4 and 5K rpm to go from roughly 55 to 65-70 on the pulse and then glide down to 55.

I'm back to normal tomorrow so I'll see if I can get my first >60 trip to work (uphill).

[320touring]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

I have a long list of scapegoats, usually ending with Mrs Thatcher - I usually blame her for everything from the lack of world peace to my lawn mower failing the other weekend. Its just a habit I gained in the 80s.

Update - A trip from Embra to Cumbernauld today netted me mid-70s MPG on the SG2, it was getting better on the way back with some quite aggressive P&G both up and down hill. I'm not as familiar as I thought I was with the hills on this route so I did what I could with the route and cruised at 60 behind trucks for the remainder.

The trick to get P&G to work seemed to be a lower gear, so I hit 3rd and used between 4 and 5K rpm to go from roughly 55 to 65-70 on the pulse and then glide down to 55.

I'm back to normal tomorrow so I'll see if I can get my first >60 trip to work (uphill).

3rd Gear P&G? really?

Mind you, that 3cyl 1.0 will not be overly endowed with torque.. Sounds like its having pleasing results though.

M8 was hellish into work this morning- stationary at J5, and a crawl past harthill as per..

[redyaris]

The statagy that I use on devided highways [Motorways] is drive in the slow truck lane and DWL up the hill at the slowest speed I can get away with[70km/hr]. I have no proof that it works but it does seem reasonable in that while I am paying the price for gravity I am reducing the cost of aero drag.

[brandonppr]

We have lots of hill around here too. Makes it tough.