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 from "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 from "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 from "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 from "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 from "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 from "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 from "Traffic-side Draft Drift"
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 from "Too “tire”-d? Don’t be. Tires affect fuel economy too!"
“A journey of a thousand leagues start with a single step” - Confucius
Everyone has to start somewhere and just like everyone learning something new, one has to go through the basics. Here are some of the basic methods on how you can save gas (after the jump).
