My current tank is at 75.4 mpg. My route has gotten very friendly (no classes means I go to the office less) and I am back to using my alt delete in the challenging 50 mph steep hill environments.
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Originally Posted by pletby
Learning Pulse and glide and EOC. I've got a loose grasp of driving with load, but have no topography to speak of here on the prairies, so I only really get to use it on bridges and over/underpasses. I have no instrumentation yet that works with this car.
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Petby, do I understand you correctly? DWL is not about topography. I thought that too. Then I learned it is about the load on the engine from operating the car, independent of topography (though effected by it). If you get a vacuum gauge installed, people here can help you learn the technique, which involves brisk acceleration at a specific vacuum range, followed by cutting the engine, gliding, and bump starting to repeat the process. You would see a major jump in FE from such a practice.
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Originally Posted by pletby
On a good morning I can get through 20 km of city driving with only stopping twice. We don't have freeways. Afternoon is stupid with traffic. Much stopping.
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This stop-go traffic is little or no problem for me on the LA freeways because I cut the engine, bump start, close gaps DWL... sometimes traffic improves my mileage, depending on topography. You have got to learn this. It will change how you experience the road. I would put the vacuum gauge at the top of your mods list, and you can get them from the ricers cheap and to mount in the moldings of the A-Pillar beside your instrument cluster.
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Originally Posted by Gasoline Fumes
I need to do more aero stuff and install my CRX HF trans for a 1000 RPM drop in cruising RPM.
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This transformation would be fun to watch. Please do this. If you were close to me, I'd come help for the experience.
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Originally Posted by basjoos
Most trips get about 70 to 80 mpg.
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... in a twenty year old car, driving normally on the freeway. Still one of the absolutely coolest cars here. Though 3-wheeler's Insight is amazing.
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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian
I just replaced my CV axles so I'm no longer pop-pop'ing around corners.
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
The good news for Team Honda though is I'm driving the Insight during the warm months, when it can get spectacular MPG, and the Firefly (Metro ) in the cold ones, when it doesn't.
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
I don't fill up the Insight a whole lot (I don't commute). My next fill will probably be later this month or very early August. The good news is I think it's going to be my best tank so far: 93.5 mpg showing on the OEM computer @ 700 miles (no promises). ~1/3 tank remaining.
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That will be a great addition. We have 27 cars on Team Honda, currently. More than most of the other top ten teams combined. You'd really bring up the average with a 93 mpg log entry!