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Old 04-17-2014, 10:17 PM   #1 (permalink)
usmclowrider
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MyCar - '93 Toyota Camry LE
90 day: 32.35 mpg (US)

Christine - '07 Honda Civic
90 day: 41.47 mpg (US)
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Just slow down

I was amazed once again last week by my 1993 Toyota Camry. The best I had ever done on the highway was 31 mpg at 70 running the A/C. So now that I am into the hypermiling game I decided to slow it down to 60 and it was about 70 degrees so the A/C was off for the whole trip. It was also a quite flat trip so I used the cruise control and even with some hills the car never downshifted. I did a 238 mile trip and used 6.5 gallons of gas for a total of 36.6 mpg. What a great victory! Maybe next time I will try it without cruise control. This site is full of great tips, tricks and just plain obvious pointers that most people don't even think about. Got me thinking, maybe we should go back to the Nationwide 55 for sake of helping the environment. Thanks everyone for all the help provided here.

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