Finally cracked 72 MPG

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Originally Posted by a64pilot

Methinks you reset the trip meter on a car that was already warmed up and up to speed, and used quite a bit of battery power there at the last to bump up the mileage?
If you slowed down to 45 or less, I think you would have blown 80 MPG out of the water doing that.
But it fun isn't it? Hey for me that's part of the reason for doing it.

I drove around 20 miles to the customer. Turned the car off. I believe the battery was full.

When I got back in the car I reset the trip meter and drove to the freeway 50/50 electric/gas about 2 miles. On the Freeway I used cruise control and did pulse and glide on small inclines and declines. I drove the last 3 miles on electric. My freeway speed was 60 MPH.

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Originally Posted by sagebrush

very nice!
Let us know what the final tank ends up at;

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+1 !!!

[cpatch]

Were any of these results round trip? If not they shouldn't count!

[a64pilot]

Originally Posted by cpatch

Were any of these results round trip? If not they shouldn't count!

Mine, the original post was, unsure of any of the others. Where I live there is very little elevation change though, so I don't think it's as relevant as it is in other places.