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Mega mileage drivers typically have much lower overall average speeds. My 2011 Fiesta is hovering just over 45 MPG with average speeds right at 38 MPH over the last 10 K miles.
Started working in a body shop as an apprentice in April 1969 at $1.40 an hour. I hold a US patent for an infinitely varaible in wheel hydraulic drive #7677208. Owned and ran my own repair shop for 15 years, successfully. Sold it to a gent who started the trade in my shop at age 24, he is pushing 50 today and the shop is still profitable with a good number of loyal customers that have been coming there for decades.
You may reach your goal, but in order to do so your average speed will need to be around 20 MPH or even less. I like riding my Suzuki TU250X at the same average speeds as my Fiesta (closer to 40 MPH) and pushing 90 MPG, but I will never be the champion hypermiler because I will never average 20 MPH in any of my local driving situations.
I have done the 20 MPH average for a short period of time and seen 90+ MPG in cars, but where I live the traffic light timing will simply not allow you to drive that slow, as well as the other drivers some of which are freshly returning GIs that sometimes have very short fuses when they encounter some old geezer going 20 in a 45 zone.
regards
Mech
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