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+1 on the accelerating briskly. But not so briskly that you need the brakes more than normal.
Example: when you turn onto a street that you are going to drive down for, say, two blocks before turning again, accelerate to 30 mph and then coast. It feels wrong, as if you should be pushing the throttle to maintain enough speed to get to where you are going to turn, but it is amazing how long it takes a car to slow down. Every route takes practice, timing when you let off the throttle to just have enough momentum for each and every turn. But as stated above, you will be rewarded.
As for a ScanGauge, I just got a used one for $115 (shipping) on Ebay. They for themselves pretty quick. I find just having one in the car (with instant and avg mileage on the screen) scares my wife into getting better mileage, even though "she is not interested in hypermiling." HA!
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