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SentraSE-R · 08-07-2010, 06:02 PM

Welcome, Berg. The best mpg driving tip anyone can give you in two words is - drive slow. If you could drive a full tank at 40 mph or whatever speed you can maintain at your CVT's highest ratio, you could get 35-40 mpg. We all lose mpgs going faster, accelerating from stops, idling at lights, climbing hills, etc. We gain them coasting and going slow. So we try to minimize the gas-wasting behavior, and maximize the gas-saving behavior.

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SentraSE-R Pishtaco Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 1,485 Mean Green Toaster Machine - '06 Scion xB Team Toyota 90 day: 48.92 mpg (US) Thanks: 56 Thanked 286 Times in 181 Posts	Welcome, Berg. The best mpg driving tip anyone can give you in two words is - drive slow. If you could drive a full tank at 40 mph or whatever speed you can maintain at your CVT's highest ratio, you could get 35-40 mpg. We all lose mpgs going faster, accelerating from stops, idling at lights, climbing hills, etc. We gain them coasting and going slow. So we try to minimize the gas-wasting behavior, and maximize the gas-saving behavior. __________________ Darrell Boycotting Exxon since 1989, BP since 2010 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 Last edited by SentraSE-R; 08-08-2010 at 05:30 AM..