W00t! With the input from this forum, we've bumped the last two tanks on the Subaru up to 26 mpg! EPA estimates for the 3.6R are 18/25 with an average of 20.
Those tanks are also mixed between my driving and my wife's driving, and I don't have her on the hypermiling kick yet. I also haven't aired the tires up yet. And there is still a bunch of experimenting to do to find peak FE on certain stretches of my commute. Basically, we're already ahead of EPA, and there is a lot of headroom for further improvement. This is kinda fun. Of course, this is coming from an aero engineer with a love of physics, so my idea of "fun" may be a little warped... ;-)
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2013 Subaru Outback 3.6R Limited (3.6L H6/auto)
2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD Duramax/Allison
2008 Saturn Sky 2.4L/auto (wife's car)
2000 Cagiva Gran Canyon 900
1986 VW Golf GTI mod project (1.8L 8v/manual)
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