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Old 11-01-2009, 03:11 PM   #5 (permalink)
SentraSE-R
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Mean Green Toaster Machine - '06 Scion xB
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90 day: 48.92 mpg (US)
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Mostly from driving slower. My lifetime hypermiling avg in the SE-R is 38.0 mpg. The 40.79 mpg is just 2 or 3 tanks over the last 90 days. I only get 26 mpg driving 72 mph with cruise control. That rises to 32-34 mpg at 62 mph, and 38-40 mpg at 55 mph. If I pulse and glide, I can hit 45 mpg on a 400 mile highway drive.

Slow back-country roads are my bread and butter. I can P&G 50-55 mpg on them. No structural mods to my cars yet, except for removing the spoiler on my SE-R.
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Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin
Mean Green Toaster Machine
49.5 mpg avg over 53,000 miles. 176% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
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