08-05-2015, 03:57 PM
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Frank, do you slowly creep back down afterward? 
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08-05-2015, 03:58 PM
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If there is a hill to go up...
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08-05-2015, 05:16 PM
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I learned to drive with my dad, and he does seem to enjoy some hypermiling altough didn't try EOC.
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08-05-2015, 10:54 PM
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Sometimes my Mom will gently suggest that I go the speed limit. Sometimes I say this is the speed I go, and sometimes I *sort of* oblige and bump it up a few mph.
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08-06-2015, 12:16 AM
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My brother thinks it's cool, he hipermiled his 04 duramax diesel after I started in the olds. It's a reg cab 2500 hd but with a stick like mine and he went from 18 to 23.7 mpg. Very good for a 3/4 ton truck..it's lowered on 285 tires also like mine
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08-06-2015, 03:16 AM
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Mom definitely drives faster than I do. She always has. When I first started driving, I aggravated everyone by obsessing over not exceeding the speed limit, so I was often a MPH or two below.
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The lines are your friends.
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08-06-2015, 12:15 PM
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My mom encourages my hypermiling, always has. Thinks it's 'silly' but in her words I can't argue with the gas savings'.
My dad on the other hand is a different story. He thinks it's 'stupid' and a 'waste of time and effort'. When I remind him that he gets 25-27mpg in his '04 corolla, and I get 68-70 in my insight, he shuts up.
The boyfriend doesn't care in the winter, but in the summer I must run the A/C. Doesn't bother me, getting less mpg to make him happy is worth it anyway .
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08-06-2015, 02:02 PM
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I understand that mine is not a popular viewpoint on this board. :shrug:
Kill switch or injector shutoff switch = okay I guess, barely tolerable if I'm honest. Reaching for the ignition switch = unacceptable risk to self/others.
Maybe if we were all driving 1965 VW Beetles I'd feel differently.
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08-06-2015, 02:06 PM
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Is it the reaching you don't like? there are plenty of other controls that are farther away.
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Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @∞MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%
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08-06-2015, 04:00 PM
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I understand that mine is not a popular viewpoint on this board. :shrug:
Kill switch or injector shutoff switch = okay I guess, barely tolerable if I'm honest. Reaching for the ignition switch = unacceptable risk to self/others.
Maybe if we were all driving 1965 VW Beetles I'd feel differently.
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After turning off the key and killing the engine, you can turn it right back to "run" and everything will function again.... I guess I'm not seeing how that's an "unacceptable risk" while the act of getting into the car--any car--in the first place, isn't.
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