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19bonestock88 · 07-08-2019, 12:28 AM

I wanted to try and see how well I could do on the trip from the grocery store (Walmart in Sutton, WV) to my apartment (in Glenville WV), but last time I hypermiled the route I only averaged 67.xxMPG... I checked tire pressure at the gas station next to Walmart, they all were really low, so I ran them up to 60psi (tires are wasted anyway and I really wanted to succeed, I normally do 55), and set off... I note the trip as three legs, Sutton to Heaters on WV-4, Heaters to Burnsville on WV-5, and Burnsville to Glenville on WV-5, for 28mi in total... I set personal bests on every leg of the trip and totally smashed my goal of 70mpg at the end...

Leg 1 ended at 99.5mpg avg
Leg 2 ended at 92.2mpg avg
Trip ended in Glenville at a total average of 77.4mpg!

Car was loaded with myself and GF, and a weeks worth of groceries so it kinda fit Slowmovers criteria of the car being loaded for the test lol

07-08-2019, 12:28 AM	#27 (permalink)
19bonestock88 Master EcoModder Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: KY Posts: 1,351 IGL - '04 Saturn Ion Team Saturn 90 day: 56.19 mpg (US) Thanks: 63 Thanked 365 Times in 268 Posts	My submission for the 70MPG challenge (SRA class) I wanted to try and see how well I could do on the trip from the grocery store (Walmart in Sutton, WV) to my apartment (in Glenville WV), but last time I hypermiled the route I only averaged 67.xxMPG... I checked tire pressure at the gas station next to Walmart, they all were really low, so I ran them up to 60psi (tires are wasted anyway and I really wanted to succeed, I normally do 55), and set off... I note the trip as three legs, Sutton to Heaters on WV-4, Heaters to Burnsville on WV-5, and Burnsville to Glenville on WV-5, for 28mi in total... I set personal bests on every leg of the trip and totally smashed my goal of 70mpg at the end... Leg 1 ended at 99.5mpg avg Leg 2 ended at 92.2mpg avg Trip ended in Glenville at a total average of 77.4mpg! Car was loaded with myself and GF, and a weeks worth of groceries so it kinda fit Slowmovers criteria of the car being loaded for the test lol Attached Thumbnails __________________ My current Ecotec project... My last Ecotec project...