06-05-2008, 05:56 PM
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My best tank yet!
Two and a half weeks of driving on new tires that are a touch wider than stock (195 vs. 185-- you can't get decent tires in the xB's stock size) @35psi, plus a better effort at driving technique yielded me 34.6mpg on a tank that was 100% commuting! The EPA city mileage is 27mpg, so I'm 28% above that, and 19% above the EPA combined rating of 29mpg!
I have decided that if I can find wiring diagrams for my car, I'm going to make a kill switch and push button start so I can EOC a bit more. It's a simple mod that just makes it a bit simpler.
I also upped my tires to 42psi, so we'll see how that does.
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06-05-2008, 10:14 PM
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The success stories are just pouring in recently. Another good one - congrats!
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06-05-2008, 10:15 PM
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rock on!
I just had my best tank ever too!
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06-05-2008, 10:24 PM
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x3, i just pulled 49mpg on my second to last tank!
question: I'm getting better than 44mpg regularly and want to deleat my first fuel log at 40 mpg. i did that before i started hypermilling (and found this fourm, too). would that be unethical or just elimitatin extreams in statistical variation?
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06-05-2008, 10:27 PM
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Very nice. Keep it up and refine that skill and you'll be seeing 40s in the near future!
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06-05-2008, 10:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rocket
x3, i just pulled 49mpg on my second to last tank!
question: I'm getting better than 44mpg regularly and want to delete my first fuel log at 40 mpg. i did that before i started hypermilling (and found this forum, too). would that be unethical or just eliminate extremes in statistical variation?
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I have been thinking the very same thing, I have a trip from Ca to TX coming up at the end of the month. 3 people and lots of stuff, now of course I want to track it; I mean wide open highway might be awesome mileage but with all the weight I don't want it to hurt my lifetime average. I will post it separate in the trip log but worried about putting it in the regular log.  |
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06-05-2008, 11:03 PM
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I'd leave them. Better to show your progress. Heck, look at my Blackfly log. :P
If you don't want to keep them, you can just overwrite with new date & fill info.
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06-06-2008, 12:32 AM
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I would leave them too; it's encouraging for others to see where you started at.
digitaldissent: Just put a note in your log that you took a trip on that tank; or you can just leave it out. No sense in having a separate log for 1 entry.
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06-06-2008, 12:34 AM
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BTW - I just had my best tank too and hit another milestone...500 miles on 1 tank of gas. woot!
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06-06-2008, 01:08 AM
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BTW - I just had my best tank too and hit another milestone...500 miles on 1 tank of gas. woot!
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nice, I am shooting for 500 too
yeah I decided to just keep it real and put it all in the log and comment on every tank
I think that way people can see how much I have improved and might be encouraged.
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