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Originally Posted by Arragonis
Not sure I understand George and his FE entirely.
Had a few trips into work > 55 which is good, most are in the 50-53 range but the schools have been on holiday which reduces traffic.
Have some trips home > 70 which is very good (again traffic), and around 65 which is normal.
My "coast to coast" trip only gave me 54 on the trip out and 53 on the way back - I had time constraints so had to do 65-75 more or less all the way each way without much hypermiling. George is happy at 65+ and the noise levels at those speeds are low for a car this small.
Conclusion - this is just another fillup which is pretty much average for George, nothing special.
However I have 3 bars (out of 7) left on the fuel gauge, and I'm over 350 miles, which is further than I have been before.
Very very confused.
And looking at my fuel log I wasn't hypermiling when I got him (to get a kind of baseline) but I got better MPG than when I "try".
Hmmm.
*(goes off to study the videos thread more closely).
Another positive - got next year's insurance at 1/2 the cost of the Fabia's - a saving of 2 tanks of fuel in cost.
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I'm still puzzled although I have had the car for four years. But basically FE is extremely good in speeds below 70 km/h (43mph). Now I try to keep Igor over 60km/h but better than 3.5 l/100km. (37mph and 67mpg). That is, up hill I let fuel consumption increase but otherwise I stay better than 67mpg except for occasional P&G.
I'll continue to work on the aerodynamics. You could try to lower average speed as much as possible -- if you have the patience.
Videos? Where?