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Originally Posted by actwithclarity
^ Exactly. If my employer caught me hypermiling on a company truck during work hour, they would say "hurry the **** up we got work to do!" A few dollars in gas means nothing compared with the profit pulled in.
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Listen to what others are posting here. Hypermiling is not going slow, it's driving with more intelligence. In traffic, allowing room in front is not going slow, and closing that gap will not get you to your destination faster.
I saw a fellow I work with today on the I25, 4 lanes wide, busy traffic. He drove the left lane with the rest of the speed demons. I was in the right with 50' - 100' in front of me cruising at a constant speed, going out of gear when the traffic slowed. Guess who got to work first? Me.
It's not a fair comparison either, but I'm sure he was getting 10mpg in his lifted Dodge truck, and I got 43mpg in my auto VW TDI.
I don't drive slowly, I drive the speed of traffic with lower bandwidth; that's for you electrical geeks.