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Originally Posted by Johnny Mullet
I don't think the Interstate is a good place to practice any kind of Hypermiling except maintaining the speed limit. A true "Hypermiler" would use an alternative route with less traffic and resistance.
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Sometimes there aren't many options, I have to travel from Albany to Buffalo (and back) for work a lot of weeks, I 90 runs directly between the two, if I was to take back roads it would take me twice as long and use a lot more gas. But today I drafted a Semi for about 250 of the 280 miles (about 4-5 car lengths back most of the time), I maintained between 58 and 63 for the majority of the trip, I felt safe as I was moving with traffic, I didn't impede anybody else and I got excellent mileage.
Anyway! If I had been going between 50 and 60mph (pulse and gliding) I would have been causing people coming up from behind a lot of problems, I guess I just think people should be considerate of others, regardless of whether it's speeding or slowpoking, we all need to live together.