10 Commandments of Hypermiling
 

Something on the lighter side...

This is based on 100+ Hypermiling tips. I summarized them to my top 10, the "10 Commandments of Hypermiling" (roughly in order of importance):

I. Thou shalt slow down.
II. Thou shalt keep a record of thy mileage.
III. Thou shalt use a fuel mileage display.
IV. Thou shalt look ahead.
V. Thou shalt drive such that the use of thy brakes is minimized.
VI. Thou shalt plan thy routes carefully ahead of time.
VII. Thou shalt check thy tire pressure and keep them high.
VIII. Thou shalt not go through drive-thus nor shall thou idle excessively.
IX. Thou shalt not make trips thou dost not have to.
X. Thou shalt not haul around stuff thou dost not have to.

Anybody else have their own list?

Like maybe the 9 Commandments?

Does the list really have to be written in Amish?

Someone had mentioned in another post - it's the nut behind the wheel. Just for S and G's I started to pay close attention to how I drove my Corolla to work and my MPG went up about 3 MPG's... then it became an obsession!

Thou shalt not waste time accelerating. Acceleration wasteth fuel.

Number 8 needs the last word clipped off.

Love it.
Except for the order of the Commandments, that's pretty much my list.

Now all we need is a prophet who comes coasting down a mountain to start spreading the new religion ;)
It'd be nice if he could split the standing water on wet roads as well.

The beard is okay, it's the moustache that has to go.

Since the original 10 commandoes also includes a few jokers in the deck, why not:

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors 32-mpg Corvette, nor his WVO lawn tractor; neither his shapely maid-servant bicycling to the grocery, nor his hunky man-servant running the flywheel apparatus to charge his landscape-lighting batteries.


It'd be nice if he could split the standing water on wet roads as well.


Wrong prophet.

He'd change water into pollution-free diesel. I am the Light, and the Right-of-Way . . . .

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Sorry, I was going more for old King James Version, not so much Amish :)

Not if you're P&G'ing.

I spend lots of time idling--when I'm coasting :D

That's the funny part of it. The KJV -- at the time of original publication -- was criticized for using what was even then archaic language. The Authorized Versions since then have undergone in excess of 60,000 changes to the text.

Good idea to state as simply as possible, given organization that leads from one thing to another.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours Insight.

thou shalt not covet thy upper reaches of thy tachometer.

Thine manual transmission shalt be in gear only when accelerating.

Thou shalt turn thy engine off whilst coasting.

Our Basjoos
Who art in Carolina
Hallowed be thy civic
Give us each day our daily FE
and forgive us our overtakes
for we ourselves shake our head at those who overtake us
And lead is not into the passing lane
For thine is the fuel log
The aero and the coasting
For at least 2-3 miles
Amen.

Excellent:D

now I need to have a think about my " commandments":D

Just have enough 'bandwidth' ;)

How about-
"Thou shalt follow me, to use my wake"

A reading from the letter of "Philip Lessoften" to the "SUVittes"

Lo and behold, thy pain at the pump is thy own doing. In thy quest for acceptance, ye have lost sight of the one true path. A family of 4 does not needith a 7 passanger motorized carrage for use in the urban enviroment. Such excessiveness shall be thy downfall when the Gas Man takes his due

Instead, take thy inspiration from nature. Does not nature forsake the slow lumbering wastefull beast for the agile and efficient animals? So too should you forsake the large thirsty transportation for a quick and efficient. And thy own joy will be shared by all.

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for an Escalade owner to enter Hypermiler Heaven.

Blessed are the Metros, for they shall inherit the Freeway.

This is a goldmine, apologies if anything I have posted offends those of this faith - I intend only good things.

The Scangauge is my shepherd, I shall want an UG.
It makes me slow down in green pastures; it guides me in still winds.
It restores my tank average. It leads me in right paths for MPGs sake.
Even though I walk though the valley of the shadow of consumption, I fear no garages.
For it is with me; it's MPG and AVG - they comfort me.
You prepare saved money before me in the presence of doubters; you anoint me without oil; my tank remains half full.
Surely FE and efficiency that follow me all the miles of my drive, and I shall dwell in the house of the SG as long as the guarantee period.

"To fear the low MPG is the beginning of freedom."
(adapted from Ecclesiastes 1:14a)

That takes the cake as the funniest thing I've read on EcoModder. Evar. :D

Thanks for the belly laugh!

Yup, a touch of wit lends insight to both the old and the new.

Whaa, you doan r'conise a whisky schluur when ya hears one?

I drafted up an abridged version. I'm kind of rusty though so it's not perfect! Hope you all enjoy.

(Yes, hand done with a fountain pen)

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Well done, my friend!