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Originally Posted by jwlee7ucla
I drive 40 minutes to and from work 5 days a week, and drive around weekends to play. I get stuck in ~30 min of traffic each day, and I average 30mpg per tank.
Here are things I do that I've picked up from hypermiling.
1) Don't jackrabbit the gas pedal.
2) try to stay out of neutral- coast in gear.
3) I change gears between 3k-3.5k
4) I keep 2 car distance between me and cars in front of me, because I'm scared of rockchips. If you are not, feel free to draft behind trucks (you get a mpg boost from as far as 100 feet gap if I remember correctly)
5) have a steady foot- accelerating uses more gas than staying constant speed
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heh kay so what don't jackrabbit the gas pedal mean, what about coasting in gear? I've been trying now to shift gears in the 2-2.5k range. Honestly don't now what's the best rpm to shift gears.. some ppl are saying 3k-3.5k