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Old 01-04-2009, 11:28 AM   #31 (permalink)
hummingbird
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Noida, UP, India
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City - '04 Honda City iDSI EXi
90 day: 47.47 mpg (US)
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Car Info:

Car Make: Honda
Car Model/Body Style:City Sedan
Model Year: 2004
Engine Size: 1.5L 4 Cylinder
Transmission: 5 speed Manual

MPG Info (averages only):

MPG before hypermiling: 35 MPG
MPG currently achieved: 42 MPG

Specifics:

Location of primary driving (country/state): India/Uttar Pradesh/Noida,
Miles driven per year: Roughly 10,000
List all tools/techniques used to achieve current MPG:
1. Pump up tires to 50 PSI
2. Remove all removable weight from the boot, including spare tire
3. Use ICE-OFF coasting whenever I can, including city driving conditions (actually not very difficult doing this in city, as speeding opportunities are less anyways, so coast peacefully )
4. Anticipate traffic and modified driving to avoid momentum loss by braking
5. Accelerate like a Great-Granny (Was Granny-like in using throttle earlier too, but now it is worse ;-)
6. Never exceed 2k rpm
7. Used bump-starting >90% of starts from ICE-OFF coasting using that great technique posted by MetroMPG - feather touch in 5th to get the ICE going, then speed match and put in gear needed.

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