Wow, it’s been a month since our last fuel efficiency post and things have been hectic. Crazy man!
At any rate, some of our online friends observed that certain brands of fuel give better mileage than others. Take note though that higher Octane ratings are not indicators of good mileage. So what do we look for in our fuel?
Read more "Fuel savings from choosing the right fuel"
Time for our first fuel economy mod!
I have thought out - at great length - about the first mod I would add to my car. I didn’t want to announce to all and sundry that I was modding my car but wanted to get the most bang for my buck in stretching my car’s fuel economy. After a couple of forum visits, some car shop visits and a bit of research I decided on adding a racing air filter.
Read more "Air Filter Mod - Adding a racing air filter for better mileage"
Some friends of mine started cajoling that I maintain a hypermiling blog but I keep a TV antenna on the roof of my 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer GLX - which is a big no no for hypermilers. Admittedly, it does look hypocritical but bear this in mind people - before hypermiling I used to average a measly 16 mpg (7 kpl) in combined city and highway driving.
Read more "Personal Hypermiling Averages"
Hold it! Before you start dismantling the brakes on your vehicle - please read this carefully: You do not need to disable or dismantle the brakes on your vehicle in any way to apply DWB in hypermiling. DWB or driving without brakes is a driving technique - not a vehicle mod.
Read more "DWB - Driving Without Brakes"
Actually, ALL hypermilers want it hot. No, not that kind of hot (takes out the images of near naked bodies on the beach from your mind).
We are talking about hypermiling here. So when I say hot, I mean temperature.
Read more "Some like it hot!"
This advanced technique is one of the simplest to implement. The pulse and glide (alternatively punch and coast) is a relatively simple technique that capitalizes on inertia.
Read more "Pulse and Glide / Punch and Coast"
This is one of the safest of the advanced hypermiling techniques. It takes advantage of aerodynamic situations created when a hypermiler like us goes at or below posted speed limits and the normal folk go around you to zoom off to their destinations.
Read more "Traffic-side Draft Drift"
I was doing my usual reading on Hypermiling when I came across this article on CBN News.
My jaw dropped and so did my heart. I was appalled at how much ignorance showed not only in the comments to it but in the main article itself. People not interested in the following rant can skip the parts marked out as such.
Read more "Hypermiling is illegal and risky?"
Yaaay, our first advanced technique!
What is the FAS (Forced Auto Stop)?
It’s the technique were you use the situation to enable your vehicle to move continuously with the engine off. Move with the engine off? Right. You use gravity as in the case of a downhill road, pockets of quasi-vacuum left behind by trailers or big buses on the highway that will suck you in, and good old momentum.
Your tires play an active part in fuel economy. Being the only part in contact with the road and being a major part of the car’s forward propulsion design, it has a large impact on fuel economy and getting the best mileage.
There are three factors in tires that affect your cars best mpg:
1. Pressure
2. Cleanliness
3. Maintenance
Read more "Too “tire”-d? Don’t be. Tires affect fuel economy too!"
