Saving Money on All Energy Sources
Recently it was brought to my attention that there are probably only two reasons you would be reading this blog. Either you want to save some cash or you want to do your part to reduce your carbon footprint. Whichever best describes you hypermiling is a great technique. However, you can take it a step [...]
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Aero Mod - Underbelly For Your Car
From the Australian web magazine Autospeed -
Some of you may have seen these already…
Modifying Under-Car Airflow, Part 1
Modifying Under-Car Airflow, Part 2
Originally these articles used to be pay-access only, but they’ve opened them up for public access now.
The project documents the creation of a prototype front partial undertray for a 1st gen Prius, testing, and [...]
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How to Clutch Start Your Engine Smoothly
If you are driving a vehicle with a standard or manual transmission and are practicing the hypermiling technique of killing and restarting your car to save gas then you need to read this. By clutch starting your vehicle, while still moving, you can eliminate fuel waste from the starter (fuel injected vehicles) and also by [...]
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Car Health: Driving at Low RPMs for Max Fuel Economy
Driving at low RPMs in your car, in order to get more MPG, is one of the most popular hypermiling techniques. What many people fail to realize is that it is not harmful for your car’s engine, as long as you do it properly!
A lot of people actually can harm their engine because they don’t [...]
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How a Hypermiler Winterizes Their Car
With winter fast approaching we’re seeing our MPG drop off. This is normal. You will get lower mileage in winter, its just physics. However, there are a few things you can do to fight it. Here are my winterization list. It includes ecomods and general winterization tips.
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Honda Accord Vacuum Gauge Install
I had 10 spare minutes last night and access to a warm warehouse, so I drove my Accord up the ramp and inside to do a quick jury-rigged install of my vacuum gauge. I used the Auto Gage 2 1/16″ gauge. I prefer the full-sweep motion, and I never plan to turbocharge the car, so [...]
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Outside Vehicle Carry Options
Carrying objects on the outside of your vehicle is one of the biggest aerodynamic blunders around. If you absolutely must carry something on the outside of your vehicle, however, then you need to consider investing in a rack that is placed behind your car, rather than using your roof rack. Roof racks catch a lot [...]
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Be on The Lookout!
The real key to hypermiling is the ability to anticipate and avoid, or reduce the effect of, road events which cause worse gas mileage. This includes stop lights, stop signs, hills, traffic, etc.
The key to saving money by getting more MPG with hypermiling is to always be on the lookout! Turn your music down and [...]
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Warning: Pulse and DFCO Does Not Work!
The hypermiling technique known as pulse and DFCO, or deceleration fuel cut off, has been shown to not work. You will see this as a common hypermiling tip all around, but it actually hurts your fuel economy!
More than once I’ve read of people describing the technique as simply repeatedly accelerating and letting off the accelerator [...]
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Biggest Winter Gas Waster - Temperature
Many people, especially after the previous $4.00/gallon of gas spike, have begun to engage in fuel minded driving, or hypermiling. Hypermiling ranges from the practices of light maintenance and over inflating your tires all the way to simply keeping fuel consumption in mind when you drive. Many of these new hypermilers are experiencing their first [...]
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