dmac regarding your comment about a scangauge, i dont have one myself as i made an equivalent myself (which ended up being free for me since im an elec engineer and have availability to free components) if you dont want to spend the coin on a scangauge there are alternatives
I have seen reports you can get scangauges cheaper second hand on ebay and things like that, according to the wiki page one user got one for $98 second hand i assume
ScanGauge OBD-II computer - EcoModder
Also there are alternatives to the scan gauge that are cheaper, not necissarily as reliable but see some of the options are in the wiki link below
MPGuino DIY fuel consumption computer - EcoModder
I have also seen someone looking to get an iphone adapter for the obd port you might be able to find the thread if you search for it.
Without instrumentation you can still use all the hypermiling techniques you may just not know exactly what works for you and what doesn't.