Best MPG segments - Picture Thread

I pissed off ZERO drivers - really - during this segment. Light traffic today and reverse passing took care of all of them. It was the people walking/walking their dogs who were most annoyed thinking the right lane is for them. (No sidewalks.)

 

Whoa there, F8L. Pretty strong on the language. God and I are still working on the relationship and I don't really need anyone weighing in on the negative side as I feel the situation is tenuous.

What's a mere 55 miles or so? You can do it. May God bless you and your efforts. (I'm told turning the other cheek works - and experience has taught me that it does - sometimes.)

 

The car will perform better as it breaks-in more and you will too. Good going.

 

I won't characterize myself as a great hypermiler. I have merely looked for the right topography and applied time and patience to a tank or a segment. The rest of the time I am subject to time constraints and pressures which take me mostly out of hypermiler mode and I return rather prosaic numbers.

I am on old codger, mostly retired, how about you?

 

I had a Gen II but never attempted to apply hypermiling with any seriousness. If memory serves, I usually returned mid-40 MPGs. Gas was under $2 and I drove it pretty hard. Traded it with only 60k for a VW Golf which is a lot more fun to drive (in the conventional sense.) With the absurd energy policies of the current administration and gas prices heading ever upward, I was forced (budget) to seek an altrenative and the c came along at the right time.

The 86 MPG tank was pure labor in response to F8L's challenge to c owners. I'm old, but the competetive juices can still start to flow on occasion. I'll need a few days off in a row to start and complete my attempt at a 800-900 mile tank. If anyone wants to contribute, oh, $500 ought to do it, to compensate for time lost from work, I can start right away. (Anyone from Toyota listening?)

 

You may not believe this, but I do not own a working video camera.

The master hypermiler instructs a novice.

 

Absolutely outstanding. Just how boring was this? Say, would you be kind enought to make a video of how it's done?

 

I have yet to find a long, straight, flat, lightly traveled four-lane road around here. I would really like to see how the c matches up to the liftback in a pure p&g sense. I read somewhere that its lighter weight and slightly higher coefficient of drag would handicap it. The video request and the one of Gerdes above are kind of tongue-in-cheek. Sorry, Mik1, it's late. As much as I admire Gerdes' accomplishments, I'd have to put him out of the car. Just sayin'.

 

Is there a source you can point me to which makes the 5-10 MPG case? Thanks. And, great 800 mile tank, by the eay!

I understand more weight is a handicap while pulsing, but the thought expressed was that in the glide, it increased sustaining momentum. I wish I could remember where I read it.

Update: Review: 2012 Toyota Prius c | The Truth About Cars
I think I found your 5-10 mpg source.