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Originally Posted by Baltothewolf
Ecky, I'm just saying, you cannot get 70mpg with no effort. It takes a lot of effort to get 70+. I drive average and I get 65-68, but that's without A/C and avoiding short trips. With A/C I can get about 55-60 at 70mph. 50-55mpg lifetime (which can be reset anyway) is good, anything under 50 and the car was probably driven 75+ on the freeway with the wrong tires, or all city driving with A/C and wrong tires.
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My wife regularly gets 70-80 on her drive to work.
As it is now, I get ~100mpg cruising at 50mph on level terrain on a warm day, and 75mpg at 65mph. Stop and go is where driving techniques really make a difference, but even an Insight missing all of its underbelly panels should be able to get 70+ cruising at 55.
I think the real trick is just learning to slow down a bit.