World Record my arse.......
 

Take a read of this bull ****

Lowest Fuel Consumption Volkswagen's Car Set World Record ~ Guinness Book World Records 2009 2008 | Limca Book of Records | Amazing Feats

How many dozen folk on this board could beat this?

TH

Yes, this is the record that was just broken, by these folks:

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...rall-6181.html

I enjoy how the first people did it and then some CleanMPG people went out to show them really how to do it.

I started to read that one of the hypermilers has previously got over 40MPG in a SUV.
Hypermiling - Jennie Chen vs. Houston's KPRC Amy Davis
But the best part (for me, anyways) is this:
Jennie's Personal Page
She's an Aggie! As another Aggie, I feel proud that a fuel economy record has been, in part, set by an Aggie!

^ the "SUV" in question was a Honda CRV with a Highway rating of 27mpg.

Impressive no doubt, but the SUV in mind was something that got below 20.

Not to mention...

Equally impressive, I would say! :cool:

^
seems impressive enough to me!

Do they get money for these record breakings?

Welcome to EM, Trevor. I saw your site for the first time yesterday. Nice work on your Metro.

I am very pleased to hear that 58 mpg is not the record......to even claim a record at that number is just so shallow.

Yes the Metro has been an interesting exercise.

I'm pleased with how well it is running and, with the winter MPG number of 58-59 mpg

I've got a couple more new things to try, probably in the spring but first want to fit the 3.52 final drive gears which I'll do over the Christmas holidays.

I'd really like to lower the car 3" (from 7 to 4) without hurting the ride. If anyone reading has a solution, I'd like to hear from them.

Thanks

TH

I don't see what the problem is with the 58 mpg record. It's a respectable number for the car they were driving. You can't compare a Metro with a with a Jetta, and you can't really compare a small segment with a 9000 miles trip.