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Old 09-13-2013, 11:41 PM   #4 (permalink)
jeff88
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Got the truck up another .4 MPG. I can't really say for sure what I did that made it better, maybe just less city driving. I do know that at times during this last tank that I was definitely not hypermiling. On one occasion I had mistakenly thought that my girlfriend started work 30 minutes later than she actually did, so we had 15 minutes to get there and it's at least 20-25 minutes. I had to do 75. I took it nice and slow on the way back!

Another day, my manager was sick, so I was trying to get to work as soon as possible so he could get home, so I wasn't driving crazy fast, but I wasn't doing 55-60 either, about 68 average. Again, on the way home...

I also had to deal with stop and go and slow and go traffic a few times, so I'm not sure how much good that did to the FE.

I did learn something new though. Below 25 or 30 MPH, putting the trans in neutral doesn't lower RPMs like my Corolla. Lester may not have as good of gas mileage, but stop and go traffic is a lot easier knowing I can just leave it in drive (because there is no benefit of shifting).
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