Hello from Miami

[jcdillin]

Hey Everyone,


I've been reading around her for the last 6 months and finally decided to join. I have been practicing hypermiling by just slowing down and coasting alot in city traffic. I drive about 80 miles a day so for me almost anything I can do makes a big difference in my fuel bills.


Thanks for all the info so far!

[trikkonceptz]

Welcome to site ... finally someone closer to home, for a moment I thought I was the only one who cared about this in all of S. Florida.

Whoo Hoo now we're 2 ....

[jcdillin]

lol, thanks! I was wondering where FL was at

Still tough to hypermile down here with everyone wanting to go 90, I try to go a bit faster on the turnpike just to keep everyone from running me off the road.

[trikkonceptz]

Trust me, its all in your head, I've been @ a steady 55 now for a couple of months and have yet to get honked at, just one concrete truck that wanted me as part of his grille. I drive the Turnpike, I-75 & I-95 Daily.

And your right, I can attribute some of my mileage to the wind pushing me forward from everyone blasting by me at speeds faster than 80.

[jcdillin]

yeah i'm working on it getting it down, i'm also installing a new 5th gear into my transmission next weekend and should be able to get the mpg up even higher

[MetroMPG]

Welcome to the site, long time lurker!

Any chance you could post a progress/summary thread of your gear swap? Pics?

[Johnny Mullet]

This is a great place to share your ideas and interests in fuel economy. Welcome here.