[brucepick]

Looking forward to seeing you guys there!

Shifting definitely was part of the process for my car.
Lots of EOC (no surprise there).
First in class at 57.21 mpg! (see my avatar at left)

I have some improvements on tap for the 2012 GGP so if I'm very fortunate I'll break 60 mpg - I just don't know by how much. Unfortunately it's so d**n cold out right now, it tends to limit what I can do on the car till things warm up.

As for drafting - in addition to the 50 foot distance rule noted above, I need to drive my car the way I think it needs to be driven - I don't want to be stuck matching the speed of some other vehicle who is driving their own game.

Plus, I think that getting an advantage from another driver up ahead who is also trying for maximum mpg kinda defeats the aim. Why wouldn't we all just enroll a friend with a large-backed vehicle to drive ahead of us to "break wind"? I think that's not really the competition we want.