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Originally Posted by GreenTDI
I found an astonishing article about Gerhard Plattner who drove a stock Fabia Greenline to nearly 107 MPG on a 1246 mile trip. Assuming this is real, what could be achieved with aerodynamic and weight-reductive changes to this car, AKA ecomodding  And how does that man drive? That's perhaps the biggest question.
https://www.carscoops.com/2011/05/ge...-again-drives/ |
It is interesting that they don't disclose an average speed, or even the amount of time it took him to do the trip, his times of departure and arrival, or the route he took.
You can be sure he did all of the hypermiling tricks that you see us doing here. It appears that he might have had an escort by some sort of police force on the highways. My bet is that he was drafting those cars. He would also have his tire pressuring exceedingly high. He would likely be using the pulse and glide driving technique and the variety of other techniques that are talked about on this site and others.
He doesn't disclose that full set of techniques, because he does not want people imitating him
en mass. He appears to have a minor PR purpose in promoting to people that they day have in their hands the ability to help reduce greenhouse gases by not driving like a lunatic with a leadfoot. Strange career!