10-17-2012, 04:21 PM
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You may be a hypermiler/ecomodder if:
Your "significant other", tired of hearing about your latest ScanGauge tests, suggests the possibility of hooking up the ScanGauge to YOU!!!
True story - happened to me last night!! LOL!
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10-18-2012, 02:13 AM
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If you finish up some around-town errands, you don't like the "Current" trip mpg on your ScanGauge and decide to head out on an "easy" stretch of road for a few miles at your "maximum mpg speed" to "up" your average for the trip.
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10-18-2012, 04:51 AM
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If you finish up some around-town errands, you don't like the "Current" trip mpg on your ScanGauge and decide to head out on an "easy" stretch of road for a few miles at your "maximum mpg speed" to "up" your average for the trip.
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So you wasted fuel to artificially increase your arbitrary number guide...
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10-18-2012, 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by wmjinman
If you finish up some around-town errands, you don't like the "Current" trip mpg on your ScanGauge and decide to head out on an "easy" stretch of road for a few miles at your "maximum mpg speed" to "up" your average for the trip.
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So you burn more fuel to get better mpg numbers? 
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10-18-2012, 05:19 AM
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Yup! Smart, huh?
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10-18-2012, 11:09 AM
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YKYAEM when you use the pause that your CFLs take to giggle about the electricity you're not using.
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10-18-2012, 12:20 PM
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YKYAEI...you see a commercial for a new 2013 vehicle that advertises "Best In-class Fuel Economy". And when you see the number you think, "Double that number, buddy, and then I might be impressed."
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10-18-2012, 10:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wmjinman
If you finish up some around-town errands, you don't like the "Current" trip mpg on your ScanGauge and decide to head out on an "easy" stretch of road for a few miles at your "maximum mpg speed" to "up" your average for the trip.
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I've never done that. Burning fuel to artificially increase average MPG on a tank is a net loss in necessary miles per gallon. I'll just take my lumps and post my fill-ups in my fuel log.
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The presence of traffic is the single most complicating factor of hypermiling. I know what I'm going to do, it's contending with whatever the hell all these other people are going to do that makes things hard.
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10-19-2012, 04:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wmjinman
If you finish up some around-town errands, you don't like the "Current" trip mpg on your ScanGauge and decide to head out on an "easy" stretch of road for a few miles at your "maximum mpg speed" to "up" your average for the trip.
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Choosing a slightly longer route which you get better MPGs so your overall fuel usage is lower seems sensible. Extending an existing journey seems odd.
YKYAEM when you can spot others doing the same thing - P&G, DWL, DWB, Engine off at lights. Its a growing activity here.
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10-19-2012, 05:11 AM
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Strangely, this wouldn't be the first time I've been accused of being "odd". HAH!!
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