Went out for another session: this time with an occasional EcoModder member. 2007 Civic sedan 1.8L, 5-speed.
Nicely done: he scored the highest MPG result (for a non-hybrid) at 36.7 mpg (US), 6.4 L/100 km in a car rated for 26 mpg (US) city by the EPA.
(You know you're giving a session to an EM member when... the owner has already removed the car's "sport" decklid spoiler and aftermarket sunroof deflector!
And... he beat the tougher NRCAN city rating on his baseline lap.)
And this was despite several truly unpredictable forced stops from speed on his final lap (eg. a driver coming to a full stop to turn LEFT from the CURB lane of a 4 lane road!) I figure the number would have been 38.x mpg without that interference.
The main changes were:
- planning a little more in advance to avoid rushing in to stops;
- upshifting sooner (even cruising in 5th in town) when power wasn't required;
- keying off at long traffic lights (sometimes short lights);
- sometimes using deceleration fuel cut-off in gear instead of coasting in N when more slowing down was called for.
