46.88MPG in a Subaru, and 35mpg at 70mph!
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46.88 or 50.00mpg at the AMEC Economy Run III, depending on whether you believe the pump or the ScanGauge. I've never hypermiled that hard before. My engine had two settings: full throttle at low revs, and off. Although it was slower than I like to drive, it wasn't incredibly impractical driving. If you find yourself in a Subaru with no gas money, 800 miles from home, it should be possible to make it home on one tank of gas, if you can take it slow. The second item is more interesting. 35mpg on the interstate is a new record for me. I credit the grille block, and the extra air I forgot to remove from my tires. |
tis the season for subarus. The electrical physics of a tropical storm zapping the east coast is energizing the flux capacitor. :confused:
I gave up measuring my own for accuracy, I leave ut underestimated, after a sure 48mpg, I only have gas bills and google maps and odometer. a scanguage would put my little sube at 52 or more (haven't met my 60s mpg since 2004- that requires a natural hho maker). I could guess with an imperfect friction filled boxer, you got a perfect head leak. Is the oil pan nice and glossy...a tip for you... ;) |
Definite props for that, Robert. I've owned two subies, and I know that is not easy to do - awesome job. You are a good driver.
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Thanks, Wonderboy. But you were at 216% of EPA this weekend, and the Legacy was at 208% of EPA. So I guess your mods and driving are pretty good too.
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Oh, and bgd: Yes, my oil pan is rusty and greasy. Either there's a small oil leak from it, or above it, but yeah, it's glossy.
You can't get a Scangauge on a pre-1995 Subaru, so you should either drop in the fuel-injected 1.8L EJ18 from an Impreza, or get an MPGuino. |
I was also quite surprised to see you did so well in such a huge wagon. Do you have LRRs on there?
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Great work!
I really like Sube's non-turbo boxer 4's for FE. Even a 2.5L/Auto yielded 30+ in an '09 Outback I rented recently (that was with 75% easy highway and 25% Rally madness at an undisclosed Ohio location). Plus stock tire pressure and A/C was used. I was shocked. Handling was amazing, even with the extra suspension travel. I didn't try very hard -- just drove the speed limit on the 75% leg. Your results are excellent. Anyhoo, I took my folks for a spin in it, and they wanted to buy one on the spot. Since their 2003 Trailblazer literally melted down (no joke), they're looking for a comfortable highway cruiser with some ground clearance, efficiency, AWD, and cargo capacity. RH77 |
Nope, they're actually rather boring "affordable, all-season" tires from Firestone: Primewell PS850's, with 37psi sidewall max. I got a flat tire a few years back and bought them without doing much research. Not that I even knew you could get LRRs in my size back then.
Yeah, I have a number of good things to say about Subarus: reliable, capable, comfortable, fun to drive. If you think of the Legacy as a mini-SUV, just as the Mazda5 is a mini-minivan, you could even make the case that Subarus save gas. However, if you don't need a mini-SUV, if you can get by with a FWD wagon or hatchback, you should do so. I loved my Subaru, but it is no longer aligned with my priorities and it's time for me to move in to a Honda. |
Upon some spooky music theme from an unknown movie and a web search for the mysterious answer of the 47 mpg legacy...
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I could agree with the net increase of 20%..but what of extreme seperation...symmetrical engine...oh my. it is only the beginning, of the end... from legacy to honda, I suppose that is good? vtec or an oil pan burster. one way or another, the carbed boxer is better than ever. :p |
I was impressed with the Legacy's results too.
We ended up starting the drive a few cars apart, so kept within hailing distance of one another for a good chunk of the lap around the lake(s). I went past you on some of the downhills because of the Flea's better aero, and you'd go past me later on some other part. I chuckled when our driving methods were synchronized for long stretches. You'll kick butt in the hybrid class with your Insight next time. |
The Saab Sonett started right behind me and then there was Robert I think. I got passed in no time by the Saab, but then I saw Robert out of the blue in my rear view mirror right after the first steep inclines. He must have driven relatively quickly on the first 15 miles. He stayed with me pretty much until I passed Hobbit and you. Did he stay with you for a while?
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I was a bit timid in traffic, and I didn't figure out the "I'm a slow moving vehicle on the shoulder with my flashers on" thing until mile 55, so I went kind of fast along the river until we got to the first big ascent. Shortly thereafter, I saw a Jetta that I thought might be one of us, but I wasn't sure until you took a corner way too fast without braking. I braked for that one, and I decided to follow you at a distance so you'd locate the turns and set a good pace for me. After the halfway point, I followed Darin until the last 10 miles, when I got nervous about the traffic and the clock and sped up again.
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Aside from having a GPS, and the Scangauge, the most useful thing you could have for these times runs is a countdown clock - I use the timer on my ipod touch. (set it to 3 hrs, and started it when the starting line person said go.) I'm not assuming you didn't have this, but if you didn't you should have. I found myself driving pretty darn slow for the first 50 miles. With all 2 of the actual FE runs I've been involved in, I was not bashful at all about taking my sweet time for the first half of the race, and it seems to have worked and then some. Both of these runs happened to have very nice second halves, where plenty of time could be taken to make up some MPG used up with all the climbing. The more I think of it, this was a really nice route - the final leg (rt 30) had a bunch of traffic and a HUGE shoulder. I remember driving along with Matt for miles at a time within the shoulder letting droves of traffic pass. |
I was nervous in traffic too. I do not enjoy hypermiling nearly as much when I have someone right behind me, save for an other hypermiler. Maybe I should have sticked with someone else, then the burden would have been shared and I would have felt better. I really did not enjoy route 30 much but on long coasts where I would get decent speed.
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