Obliterated my record tank in the Paseo

[Daox]

This weekend I took a trip up north to visit my dad. I used a different route than I have in the past which avoids the interstate and thus the 65 mph zone. Instead, I cut of 15 miles off the trip, and travel on county roads with 45 and 55 mph limits with the occasional town to slow down for. Well, the payoff was huge. 563.9 miles on 8.48 gallons gives me 66.5 mpg! My previous best was 59.2 mpg, and now seems so low.


We'll see what my daily driving comes out to, but it shouldn't be too much lower than that. Last year my record was 59 mpg, and my average was round 57 for daily commuting. So, I'm guessing I should be able to hold onto the mid 60s for the rest of the summer without any additional mods.

[Matt Herring]

Wow bro...that's a big number! Congrats!

[gascort]

Awesome! Hopefully your daily driving will keep up there too!

[NachtRitter]

Wow!! Incredible... great job! What kind of driving techniques did you use?

[Daox]

I pretty much exclusively use pulse and glide everywhere. Since I drive the speed limit, I guess I can say I use driving without brakes, but it isn't too hard to do that when everyone is driving faster than you. But, those are really the two biggies. The reason for the boost in mileage from this year to the last is pretty much the mods I did this spring. The previous high of 59.2 was also from taking the same route last year.

[MetroMPG]

Woohoo! Congrats on movin' on up to the 60's.

[skyl4rk]

Love those country roads!