Pulse / Glide

[nooaah]

Originally Posted by jps000

Keep us posted on Philly progress.

After dropping my girlfriend off at the hospital just now, I'm at just about 49.0.

Originally Posted by dwreed3rd

Don't forget to stop by Gino's or Pats.

Next time you're in the city, visit Tony Luke's.

[nooaah]

I'll be back in the 50's tonight!

[dwreed3rd]

Originally Posted by nooaah

After dropping my girlfriend off at the hospital just now, I'm at just about 49.0.



Next time you're in the city, visit Tony Luke's.

Thank's I'll try to remember. I checked it out on the web. It's look's like a great place. You may be too yought to remember, but in the '50's & '60's veal cutlet platters were a staple on a diner and most restaurant menus. Usually with gravy(or tomato sauce), mashed potatos/gravy, second veggie of the day and a roll. Haven't seen that since we came to Ga in '77 Gas was 25cents/gallon. I'm from Bristol, Pa originally.
Thanks again for the tip on TonY Luke's.

[nooaah]

Originally Posted by dwreed3rd

Thank's I'll try to remember. I checked it out on the web. It's look's like a great place. You may be too yought to remember, but in the '50's & '60's veal cutlet platters were a staple on a diner and most restaurant menus. Usually with gravy(or tomato sauce), mashed potatos/gravy, second veggie of the day and a roll. Haven't seen that since we came to Ga in '77 Gas was 25cents/gallon. I'm from Bristol, Pa originally.
Thanks again for the tip on TonY Luke's.

Tony Luke's absolutely destroys the two on Passayunk. You'll love it. And yeah, I just turned 27 so I kind of missed the boat there. I have mild IBS so that would probably annihilate me. Then again, it sounds like it would be worth it. RIP Broad Street Diner, btw.

PS, back to 50mpg with still less than 100 miles on the tank! Took me about 30 miles to bring it up from 44 to 50, so maybe I have a shot at 53 still.

[nooaah]

Now I'm down to 48.8. For some reason it's becoming more difficult to initiate and sustain a glide. Maybe it's the Hess fuel? Anyone get better results from different fuels?

Also, my area just sucks. For some reason they have to put stop signs at the bottom of every hill. I'm going to try a fourth route to work but I'm not getting my hopes up. The route back from work at least yields about 60mpg. The route to work is about 45 tops. I'm lost.

[unigeezer]

None of these techniques have any benefit if you only make short trips, or spend a lot of time driving UP hill a lot. Your mpg will suck. Period. And if anyone claims they get high mpg in these conditions, they're lying. There seems to be no shortage of "my fish was this big" exaggerations going on in these forums. It's pretty pathetic.

[nooaah]

Originally Posted by unigeezer

None of these techniques have any benefit if you only make short trips, or spend a lot of time driving UP hill a lot. Your mpg will suck. Period. And if anyone claims they get high mpg in these conditions, they're lying. There seems to be no shortage of "my fish was this big" exaggerations going on in these forums. It's pretty pathetic.

My trips are about 15 miles each way. Last tank I got 51 mpg doing the same routes. I tried a couple different routes on this tank that didn't work out well. I'm back to my first routine and now it's back up to 49.5. after dropping to 48.4 over the weekend from 50. I'm trying a new route tomorrow that really avoids the hilly high traffic/traffic light areas. Who knows!

[lowredranger]

I definitely think our mpg's are killed by the short drive. It is my wife's car 08 pk 2 and she only drives 6miles each way to work and we average around 48mpg. I can average about 50mpg if i am driving it to work and that is only 5miles each way. Best i have gotten was 55mpg on the highway with cruise at 55mph but i noticed it doesn't go down much by doing the pulse/glide between 75mph - 65mph.