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Originally Posted by BlackDeuceCoupe
~Cool
I've never seen a HX that doesn't get at least 45 mpg!  |
Yup! BlackDeuceCoupe was exactly right, it turned out.
I got 53 mpg over 137.2 miles, driving it home to CT from NH. I'm pleased!
I drove between 60-70 mostly, sometimes 80. I did coast on downhills, in neutral with engine running. A few fast starts and a small bit of a/c and defrost use. Tires at 37 psi cold because they're sidewall stamped for 35. If it had 44 psi tires I'd have pumped them up harder.
And MetroMPG, I don't know anything about a ScanGauge not being useful with lean burn. Clarify?
My understanding is that ScanGauge calculates fuel consumption based on injector open time and frequency - and calculates that against speed to get mpg. So? Even for hybrids - and the Insight is a hybrid with lean burn also - ScanGauge supposedly does a great job. You do have to set it to HYBRID mode for it to calculate engine-off coasting. If you don't set it to HYBRID it doesn't count distance if ign. is off.
As for MPGuino- yikes. I have a wife and a play in a band and sing in a choir and and and - I don't think I can right now muster the concentration to build that sort of thing. Sorry to disappoint you there. If I didn't have some of these other things going on I might be up to the challenge.