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Good Job with that Honda, ChewChew!
My strategy for the 210-mile one-way-trips I routinely take on highways with speed limits ranging from 55mph to 75mph is as follows:
On 55mph sections, I usually travel at 55 as it's the least I'm willing to go when I've got 210 miles ahead of me.
On 65mph sections, I can sometimes find trucks going about 60, and I'll hang out with them as long as feasible. Otherwise, I'm at around 60 on my own.
On 70-75mph sections, I look for 65mph trucks and hang with them. Otherwise, it's about 65 on my own. I sometimes am found at 70 due to inattention or local conditions, but try to keep it below that.
I look for trucks to travel at slower speeds with as it tends to keep the road-rage factor down for other drivers and seems safer when other drivers are talking, texting, reading and otherwise not paying attention to varying highway speeds.
My 210-mile trips usually take me 3.5 hours, equating to an average speed of 60mph.
My lifetime Fuelly Average with my 2015 Mazda3 with a 2.0L engine and auto tranny is 42.4mpg. This is with the A/C typically running and includes about 10% city traffic mixed in. I don't "hypermile" except for easy starts/stops/coasting-to-lights when possible. I'm beating EPA highway estimates by 1 mpg, which is good enough for me.
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