Attention Hypermilers!! MPG Rally in Lacey

Thanks for posting this, Dave. I had a great time last time I was there. Anybody in the area should try to go, even if you don't compete in the rally.

 

Dave, Bill, everyone else,
Introductory post for me on this forum. my name is Garth and I am a lifelong FE nerd and motorhead. I usually ride a motorcycle that is averaging 54 mpg now. And a small truck when I need to haul something or it's icy or snowy in the am commute. I could do better I'm sure but plans are in the works for a 60+ mpg commuter car that is more family friendly than a motorcycle.

I am the organizer of the MPG rally in Lacey. With all the talk on various forums on hypermiling and people complaining of high fuel prices, something had to be done to demonstrate this. I don't work for the parks dept, I'm just a guy that wants to do something worthwhile. Olympia is a very green community and I thought this would generate alot of interest and hopefully participation. Glad to see a little interest on priuschat.

To make this event successful and take place next year though, it needs participants. The event will be held in the morning so that the finish will be before the EV races and give maximum exposure to the drivers and thier cars. We are planning a placard to display in each participants car the mileage and the % above/below combined EPA, this is intended to generate interest from the public. Dave and others, I would really like your participation in driving this event to give maximum exposure to what people can do now to get better mileage.

Also if you know of others that might be interested in demonstrating high mileage techniques let them know of this rally. It should be alot of fun and a great place to meet other like minded people.

 

Dave, Bill, everyone else,
Introductory post for me on this forum. my name is Garth and I am a lifelong FE nerd and motorhead. I usually ride a motorcycle that is averaging 54 mpg now. And a small truck when I need to haul something or it's icy or snowy in the am commute. I could do better I'm sure but plans are in the works for a 60+ mpg commuter car that is more family friendly than a motorcycle.

I am the organizer of the MPG rally in Lacey. With all the talk on various forums on hypermiling and people complaining of high fuel prices, something had to be done to demonstrate this. I don't work for the parks dept, I'm just a guy that wants to do something worthwhile. Olympia is a very green community and I thought this would generate alot of interest and hopefully participation. Glad to see a little interest on priuschat.

To make this event successful and take place next year though, it needs participants. The event will be held in the morning so that the finish will be before the EV races and give maximum exposure to the drivers and thier cars. We are planning a placard to display in each participants car the mileage and the % above/below combined EPA, this is intended to generate interest from the public. Dave and others, I would really like your participation in driving this event to give maximum exposure to what people can do now to get better mileage.

Also if you know of others that might be interested in demonstrating high mileage techniques let them know of this rally. It should be alot of fun and a great place to meet other like minded people.

 

Sorry for the double post. :embarassed:

 

Hi Dave, thanks for the welcome and the post on the other forum. Hope some participation grows. If your could, please post on other sites that you think may have some interest and among your FE loving friends. The word needs to get out. BTW the good Mayor of Lacey has helped push this along as well. He visits gassavers.org occasionally.

About your question. As it stands now, I think that we should all use about the same measure just for consistency sake. As accurate as a gas pump anyway. Those that are OBD 2 have the scanguage that can be pretty accurate as well but can be skewed by the user, not sure if the Prius' computer can be biased by the user. Just to keep it simple and consistent I think we should all do it the same way at least this year.

Hopefully this event will grow next year and then we can introduce classes, maybe controlled filling on site by Fast Fuel and actually have a real competition. That would be fun.

Also, if you're interested in helping prepare for the event or have some good ideas to make it more fun/better, please pm me.
-Garth

 

Hi Dave! I haven't been here for a long time. I've been hugely busy with my job and my photography.

But I'll be at the fair, I've already sent in my application for showing my car. I hope I'll you and a lot of others. Anyone else coming that you're aware of? Last year seemed very sparse for Priuses.

John