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Originally Posted by California98Civic
So since last year when I installed my modified 15" MINI wheels for the weight, gearing, and aerodynamic gains, I have tended to do less P&G on the freeway. DWL is frequent, partly for engine cooling and power generation, too. I have a very tall VX/CX transmission with a 3.25 final drive, and with the 15-inch wheels I have freeway gearing as tall or taller than a 5MT G1 Insight. P&G is not as big a benefit as is it was. But that was when I was only planning for 55-60 MPG. Now that I'm trying to hit 70 and I have to drive the freeways I'm suddenly trying all kinds of stuff again. I want that 70 mpg "SRA" and a 70 mpg tank average.
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P&G doesn't really help economy on an Insight at all, and hurts fuel economy unless done right, which I don't really have the skill to do. P&G worked wonders on the Civic with it's narrower best BSFC range. Plus, in a car that's been getting over 100 mpg lately, P&G sounds like too much work. Maybe I've gotten slightly lazy with my hypermiling when it comes to that. Or more than likely my P&G skills just suck.....I couldn't even get P&G to work on the Prius, and supposedly P&G is huge for mpg on a Prius.
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Originally Posted by California98Civic
What does "below 50% on the bar" mean? Sorry, never have driven a Prius.
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My guess is that he is referring to the regenerative braking bar indicator on the car - when the bar is more than 50% lit up (more than 50% of maximum regenerative braking) putting the car in neutral helps.
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Originally Posted by California98Civic
I am here to claim my sticker picture for a "Single Run Average" ("SRA") of 70+ MPG:
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Nice mpg!!