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04-28-2014, 06:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
quietmpg EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Hello from NC! I have been reading for a while and thought I would start contributing my questions as well. Hello!

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The presence of traffic is the single most complicating factor of hypermiling. I know what I'm going to do, it's contending with whatever the hell all these other people are going to do that makes things hard.

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04-28-2014, 10:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
quietmpg EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	well I have a big 2011 Toyota Sienna that I am looking to mod some. I hypermile around town as best I can (corners like a bus) and I am about 10-15% above EPA with it so far. 21 City 26HWY But will be looking into small mods for it that dont make it look like a spaceship.

04-28-2014, 10:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
mcrews Master EcoModder Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 3,523 The Q Sold - '02 Infiniti Q45 Sport 90 day: 23.08 mpg (US) blackie - '14 nissan altima sv Thanks: 2,203 Thanked 663 Times in 478 Posts	No worrys there! Raise the psi to above 40psi and get a scangauge ( see link in my sig) Oh yeah welcome! __________________ *MetroMPG: "Get the MPG gauge - it turns driving into a fuel & money saving game."* ECO MODS PERFORMED: First: ScangaugeII http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...eii-23306.html Second: Grille Block http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...e-10912-2.html Third: Full underbelly pan http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...q45-11402.html Fourth: rear skirts and 30.4mpg on trip! http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post247938

04-28-2014, 11:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
MetroMPG Batman Junior Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada Posts: 22,527 Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro Team Metro Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US) MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata 90 day: 54.46 mpg (US) Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec 90 day: 70.75 mpg (US) Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base) 90 day: 62.14 mpg (US) Thanks: 4,078 Thanked 6,976 Times in 3,612 Posts	Roof racks on your Sienna? I'd take those off too. Welcome to the forum! __________________ Project MPGiata! Mods for getting 50+ MPG from a 1990 Miata Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage. Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown EcoModder has launched a forum for the efficient new Mitsubishi Mirage www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget

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