New personal best, OC to San Diego, averaging 63.5 MPG

DO WORK SON!

how fast were you driving, and how many miles do you have on your car?

 

Hello. Not all of us are from California. Is OC Orange County? Now to the good stuff. Besides what the other poster asked, were you using cruise? Do you do this regularly? My average in city is around 50 with my last tank being 52.31. I can't wait to hit 60+ I only have 6400 miles on mine. How many do you have. Mine is na 08, what year is yours? Please offer any tips you can for getting gas mileage that high. Thanks.

 

On my best tank to date also - 71.5 mpg

Don't you just love this time of year? Filled up over the weekend. Three days commuting. Suburban streets, flat, 85 F morning, 110-112 F afternoons, no A/C

 

Whats the point of driving under the speed limit becoming a road hazard for others?
Also cant the mfd's be off like 30% from time to time?

 

Nice MPG. I'd like to know your average speed.

 

Nice work so far! Let us know how the tank evens out once you hit over 400miles.

Ignore ProblemChild. He does nothing but complain and start trouble. I assume he is a lonely man.

 

Yes I do complain about people like this guy flooding my threads with garbage and insults.

My post stands. Dring slower then the speed limit is dangerous and the mfd's are off. So if your going to call BS please be truthful.

 

Not to worry, he has been on my ignore list since the first time I saw him post here so I have no idea what this or any of his posts are about

 

Probably in the neighborhood of 35 mph. I generally drive the speed limit which ranges between 30-45 mph. Mornings, I can usually make it the 12 miles and only stop at 3 or 4 lights. Afternoons, there are a lot more stops but I know the light timings and can generally minimize them. I normally would be getting in the low to mid 60's mpg this time of year but have been trying hard to maximize it the past few tanks. I've been experimenting with pulse & glide when there is no other traffic around (at 4:30am I can do it quite a bit) and think that has led to the increase. Keep in mind I'm in pretty ideal conditions. Dead flat roads, lower speeds, well timed lights, hot weather, I don't run the A/C (not just a Prius thing, I very seldom have run the A/C on any of the cars I've owned), little traffic or breaks in traffic that allow me to pulse & glide without becoming a traffic hazard and the mindset I'm in no big hurry to where I'm going.

 

figured that since OC to SD is mostly downhill

driving under 65 on the fwy is insane

20 on city street may be tolerable

i use the a/c 24/7 @ 73deg,

 

My MFD has an average 3% error after 20,000 miles. The max error was about 10% --- 1 gallon, the next tank was -0.9 gallons so they averaged out.

My average is 50.77 so the MFD average would be about 52.3.

Congrats on the 63.5!!!!

 

Good work, pardreamer! You watch Tiger play last weekend? Very exciting!

To all those who say that under 65 is insane, it's really very safe if you use pardreamer's strategy of matching the pace of a big rig and following behind 1.5-2 seconds.

Far enough behind that anything that the truck kicks up won't hit you, plenty big for merging traffic to squeeze in between (most don't stay there long and pass the truck giving you your space back), and people already expect big rigs to travel slowly so people don't tend to tailgate much.

I've followed the same strategy when I have the patience, but typically my speeds are between 65-70 so I am passing big rigs. Fuel economy is lower at ~48mpg as reported by the MFD (mine also seems to read about 1-2mpg high as compared to gas receipts and the odometer.

 

how did you do ... SD to OC?

 

I know this route well ... as a bicyclist. This is one of the easiest 75 miles I know. At 5:30 every evening there's a 20 to 25 mph tailwind. The route is flat to gently rolling. It doesn't get any better for high mileage braggin'. I'm sure everyone here could get these numbers on this route.

Cindy