Mythbusters Episode Fuel Saving Tips Jun 12 @ 9EST
 

Title pretty much says it. Was just watching an afternoon version of Mythbusters and saw the trailer for tonights show it is going to be on fuel savings tips & hypermiling.

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Awesome, I'll set the DVR.

Nice avatar, by the way!

40-70% = busted?
 

Who says all you have to do to double mpg is passenger mirror delete and a couple hypermiling techniques? The "myth" seemed kind of made up to be honest.

Yeah, the show was LAME. Like who on Earth expects to double your mileage by hypermiling? The one guy got 70% better mileage and was all like "Dang....I didn't double it" Huh? He got 56 mpg! 168 miles on 3 gallons in a 2010ish Ford Focus. What a bummer. They had a few stupid ideas they gave credit to like the dimple wrap vinyl sheets to improve mileage. They also talked about speeding up veeeeerry slowly which is a bit contrarian to what we know.

Well, the guy did double the mpg hypermiling (56mpg) of the girls control lap (21mpg). They just glossed over that fact.

I am a fan of Mythbusters...at minimum they should have given this a "plausible". No way was it "busted"! Stupid!

dimple wrap vinyl? Where did they get that idea. Seems pretty stupid to me. Has anyone on this site ever tried it?

I sure hope not, but they are infamous for golf ball dimples. I guess that they still think those work.

golf ball dimples work... on a small sphere that had just gotten hit by a golf club. if that describes your car, feel free to go ahead with it.

I'm writing about the episode, intending to post the final essay here, but for now, here's an excerpt:

"You missed one of the biggest hypermiling tips:don't drive more car than you need. The single largest contribution to my MPG was switching from a 16MPG truck to a 42MPG car. By doing this, I have increased my fuel economy by about ~263%"

Myth confirmed m*********ers