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Originally Posted by Vman455
Ah. He's like the diesel guys who say they get 25mpg *all day long, doesn't matter how I drive!* A symptom of poor record-keeping. Next time you see him, ask him why he doesn't get unlimited miles out of a tank, since you get infinite mpg on an instantaneous readout just by going downhill with engine braking.
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My previous car, a 94 Honda Del Sol, was basically like that. I could get 27mpg city playing stoplight hero, or 30mpg city driving very conservatively. I got around 30mpg at 70mph, and 34-35mpg at 45mph. The variation in economy was much smaller than in my Insight even when scaled. I attribute it to poor gearing; 5th in that car was similar to 3rd in my current car, so drivetrain and pumping losses (which scale with speed) were relatively much larger, minimizing the apparent effects of higher speed or poor driving. It made fuel economy more "consistent" so long as the engine was running.
On the other hand, I was able to break 50mpg in that car with engine-off pulse and glide.
