[Miller88]

Went 136 miles on 2.660 gallons of gas in my 2011 Focus!!!

My previous best round trip in this car was 47MPG on a round trip to Rochester and back.

With the exception of what I would consider to be bad for the car (EOC, shutting off at stop lights), I did every hypermiling trick I could think of.

-Stayed off the interstate, stuck to state highways and didn't go over 50
-"Hill driving" - playing the ups and downs in the hills to try to use as little on the hills as possiblel
-Coasted on long stretches
-DFCO'd and downshifted anywhere near stoplights.

I drove to my parents and back - I did NOT take the same route both ways, but it was a complete round trip.

On the way there, I stuck to a state highway that has a lot of small, rolling hills. My car has always done extremely well in this situation because average speed is usually around 45 or so. As long as i can time the stoplights, I can usually hit 48MPG going to my parents on this road UNTIL I get to Utica, NY.

There's a very steep, long hill, heading out of utica on 12n. Fuel economy went down to 45 after this. Then, on the road to my parents, there's a long stretch of highway that goes down a gradual hill into their town. From the top of the "hill", I can cost most of the 13 miles to their house. Which I did. Fuel Economy on the dash was 47.3 in their driveway.


Where i Live : 472 feet
Where they live:676 feet

I took a different route back. It's mostly downhill, but 55mph state highways where people like to go fast. I started out taking the backroads and P+G'd (with the engine on) as much as I could. Once i hopped on the state highways, I kept doing so, but kept a good eye on the rearview mirror so I wouldn't be holding up traffic. Once people would catch me, I'd keep up a good 55mph until they'd pass me, then resume to the usual 45-50.

Managed to get 51 by hand, and 49 according to the computer. Not too shabby!

I was expecting the computer to be optomist, so I though it would be around 3 gallons. Pump clicked off the first time at 2.4xx gallons, I tried it a little more, got 2.5xx. I tried it a third time and it spilled out the top at 2.660

Pretty impressed!!!!!

I also drove for about 10 miles with the car bucking and coughing pretty bad. Apparently at some point on the trip, my MAF sensor came unplugged. The car doesn't run too well without that ...