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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
FYI, 50 MPG city is a tall order. You'd have to employ some pretty advanced driving techniques to achieve it.
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I agree-which is why it's a bit of a challenge! I will be happy with anything north of 40 city, but 50 is just so tantalizing I gotta try to achieve it. I plan on an engine kill switch on the shifter for coasting when it is beneficial and adding a MPGuino to try and figure out the best driving techniques. My focus will remain on maximizing total deliveries as one good delivery will offset the fuel cost savings from losing it. It's a fine line but I love a challenge. If I manage to get out of the delivery game like I want to I will probably reconfigure the car to skew it more towards highway use. I have a lot of ideas right now, but likely will not get to use them all at once. I am going to pick it up right now and hope to have some baseline numbers by this time next week. I gotta fix whatever safety and maintenance issues I find first though as there is no sense driving it in a manner that will damage the car or get me hurt. At any rate, where is the best place on this site to do a build thread? I don't know if they are all aggregated in one spot here and want to put it in the right place.
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(Note: the car sees 100% city driving and is EPA rated at 37 mpg city)