As a new aspiring hypermiler, I have been doing a lot of reading online. Every now and then I come across a post where someone refers to a recommendation by BMW suggesting that brisk acceleration up to speed will give better overall fuel efficiency that slow acceleration.
I just wanted to share the results of some informal testing that I did with my new Civic EX. My conclusion: While the numbers may not be extremely precise, I think the trend is fairly clear (and predictable). Slower acceleration over a longer distance will save you more fuel than quick acceleration over a shorter distance. At least it does for my Civic with CVT.
You can see my methods and results at
Acceleration Experiments | Civic MPG. Sorry, can't make this a link since I am a newbie.
--Chris