Suggestion: Hypermiler rating system

[Piwoslaw]

I'm the best in the Piwoslaw fuel economy class
But how do I compare to someone else, who drives a totally different vehicle, in a totally different part of the world? Am I trying harder than someone who doesn't have Hypermiler status?

If I want to call myself an ultrafuelsippinghypermiler, then I'll make that my user title. If I want others to call me that, then I'll change my username. Each liter of fuel I save is the reward I'm after, not this or that title in my sig.
We are all here to save fuel, that's the bottom line.

[redorchestra]

I now changed my combined EPS back. Actually I changed it from 27 to 30 since I do more highway than city.

[Flakbadger]

Originally Posted by redorchestra

I now changed my combined EPS back. Actually I changed it from 27 to 30 since I do more highway than city.

Your signature is f***ing amazing. I was seriously laughing out loud at 3,570% over EPA.

[D.O.G.]

Originally Posted by Diesel_Dave

Bottom line is that no system is completely fair.

Not to mention, not all vehicles have EPA ratings (European vehicles, etc.)--even in the USA.

So, nothing is perfect, but IMO, % over EPA is probably about as good as we can hope for.

My car (Baa) has no US EPA rating, so I used an average of similar US models and the Australian economy figures.
My reasoning was, that I wanted to compare my results with similar models on this forum.

The trouble with that, is that driving conditions make too much difference to get any usable comparisons anyway.

I recently swapped to the highest Australian city / hwy figures and used the EPA formula that Aveomiler posted recently to work out the combined figure (that site only gives two figures).

That dropped my % from low 30's to high 20's, but that's OK, I'm only really competing against my own figures now, where driving conditions don't matter, only driving style.

[JethroBodine]

How about percentage improvement over initial fuel log? That would really show how much we've learned and benefited from reading this forum, which is why we are here, as ultrafuelsippinghypermiler said.

My opinion would be to not separate technique from modifications as they both benefit the ultimate goal of improved economy, YMMV.

[redorchestra]

Originally Posted by JethroBodine

How about percentage improvement over initial fuel log? That would really show how much we've learned and benefited from reading this forum, which is why we are here, as ultrafuelsippinghypermiler said.

My opinion would be to not separate technique from modifications as they both benefit the ultimate goal of improved economy, YMMV.

love this idea. I like seeing my graph and the upward slope that it makes. I have recently had a bit of a backslide but I should begin climbing soon.

[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by redorchestra

I have recently had a bit of a backslide but I should begin climbing soon.

Yeah, your FE took a big hit when your average went from 3500% over EPA to just 21%. Like, what happened? Did you have to turn the engine on again, after a 90 day EOC?

[arthisoftseo]

Hi, I Don't Understand About this. Will you say something about this topics.

[gone-ot]

It is a proposal that "names" be associated with an individuals' fuel-efficiency prowess. With some people proposing "serious" names and others proposing "humorous" names.

[ProDarwin]

I don't use the tracking on this system, I use fuelly. Out of curiosity, if you track on ecomodder, do you record your highway vs. city mileage?

The EPA weights 55 highway/45 city.