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Hi gang!

I'm hypermiling a 1989 Honda Civic hatchback. Recently got 56.87mpg. WAHOO!

I read electronic Cruise Controls are not hypermiler friendly. When a car goes up a freeway incline, the CC automatically uses more gas to maintain the programmed traveling speed.

I read one can get better freeway MPG when the throttle is held at a fixed position. This allows the car naturally slow down on the freeway inclines and uses less fuel.

Other than placing a brick on my gas pedal, does anyone have a better way to make, what I call, a "Rube Goldberg Cruise Control"?

BTW, motorcycles have various mechanical ways to hold their twisty throttle, hand grips to save their tired wrists on long highway trips. I would be just as safe as them, because I can simply disengage the engine by pressing in the clutch and still work the brake pedal.

Thanks,
Doug in Oakland, CA