Thread: Sister flips out at my hypermiling. :(
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Old 08-12-2015, 11:51 PM   #50 (permalink)
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I don't take hypermiling to any extremes. I don't P&G, EOC, or DWL. And I NEVER draft. I just "Drive Without Brakes" and occasionally engine-on coast when the grade is right. I also use cruise control extensively. My Mom told me a couple of years ago that she's much more comfortable riding with me than she is riding with my sister because I'm not speeding and tailgating other vehicles the way my sister does.

And I get better fuel economy from my 4.0 liter Mustang than my sister gets from her 1.6 liter turbocharged MINI Countryman.
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Just 'cuz you can't do it, don't mean it can't be done...
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The presence of traffic is the single most complicating factor of hypermiling. I know what I'm going to do, it's contending with whatever the hell all these other people are going to do that makes things hard.
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