Best cruising speed for highest MPG.

[Decay107]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

...I would have never expected that, particularly given I in no form, manner shape or function come close to a hypermiler (if that's the right term).

Mind you, I don't race it on a track every day, or sit in city traffic, which I would expect to drag it down, but I am always the first off the light (sorry for the disbelievers but I've never been beaten by a soccer mom in a minivan) and consider every "Caution 25MPH Curve Ahead" sign as a challenge to better than double it.

Well, braking as little as humanly possible is one of the major tenets of hypermiling. Another is accelerating briskly to cruising speed (somewhere around 80% throttle)

[ntron1]

40 mph in 6th with the cruise on will get you the best MPG.

[Packofcrows]

42.8 MPG @ 62-63 mph w/ cruise control, 6th gear, and straight road. (this is for 28-40 miles)

Friend getting 38-44mpg @ 61-63 mph, auto, cruise control enabled for his Prius.


I always thought Prius would get 50+ easily???

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Packofcrows

42.8 MPG @ 62-63 mph w/ cruise control, 6th gear, and straight road. (this is for 28-40 miles)

Friend getting 38-44mpg @ 61-63 mph, auto, cruise control enabled for his Prius.


I always thought Prius would get 50+ easily???

I can get 50 to 60 mpg with the Prius easily.

[babydriver]

Originally Posted by ashtray

Wait, can I use my car in a soap box derby? Sure it would be pretty slow off the line but as I gain speed I can probably outcorner the other cars.

If you can get it under 250 lbs with the driver in it.

[babydriver]

Originally Posted by Bergen23

Gas is expensive, and I'm cheap. Plus my car is an absolute cop magnet right now. Gotta give them no excuse to pull over a young guy in a low, loud car.

I suspect that the key factor is "young guy". I have no issue with police (I'm 59) and I speed all the time in my FR-S. Six months so far, no ticket. I'm apparently too boring to pull over.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by babydriver

If you can get it under 250 lbs with the driver in it.

If he keeps going there is a contender!

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42284

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by babydriver

I suspect that the key factor is "young guy". I have no issue with police (I'm 59) and I speed all the time in my FR-S. Six months so far, no ticket. I'm apparently too boring to pull over.

You get them pull up behind you, reach down to the computer and then just pass you 3 minutes later?
I have seen that happen so many times now it is what I have come to expect.

[babydriver]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

You get them pull up behind you, reach down to the computer and then just pass you 3 minutes later?
I have seen that happen so many times now it is what I have come to expect.

Checking your tag number to see if you have a bunch of speeding tickets, probably. If they see none, they move on to more promising victims.

Does that qualify as texting while driving?

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by babydriver

Checking your tag number to see if you have a bunch of speeding tickets, probably. If they see none, they move on to more promising victims.

Oh I know that is exactly what they are doing!
Sort of reverse profiling that works to our advantage.

[Bergen23]

Originally Posted by babydriver

I suspect that the key factor is "young guy". I have no issue with police (I'm 59) and I speed all the time in my FR-S. Six months so far, no ticket. I'm apparently too boring to pull over.

Somewhat, but it's also the unmuffled exhaust, lowered ride height and wheels that stick out past my fenders that worry me. No tickets, but I have been pulled over a few times and hassled for a few things. If a cop decided he wanted to take the time, I could probably get ticketed for a few things.

[Jesse36m3]

Like, 90. With a tail wind.

[billwot]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Oh I know that is exactly what they are doing!
Sort of reverse profiling that works to our advantage.

Guess that's why I don't get tickets! Lot's of speeding in many sports/performance cars. Lots of cop magnets including a yellow 914, a Miata with stripes, 2 red MR2s.

Age 73, last ticket was 1973 ( '68 AMX with stripes)

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by billwot

Guess that's why I don't get tickets! Lot's of speeding in many sports/performance cars. Lots of cop magnets including a yellow 914, a Miata with stripes, 2 red MR2s.

Age 73, last ticket was 1973 ( '68 AMX with stripes)

Yeppers!
It would appear that "older" age + no record =