First off, yes- I stay over in the right lane! :-) I drive a Dodge diesel truck, and since gently doesn't use the turbo as much, my city mileage improved from 16 mpg up to 20 mpg, a savings of 25% over my previous driving. For my 35 gal. tank, that's like getting 8.75 gal. free, which equals $25 worth of fuel each tank. Yes, driving smart is well worth it for me; I fill up every three weeks, so that equals over $400 a year I save.
"Normal" driving with a 2007 VW Rabbit got me 22 mpg in town, but gentle acceleration and shifting gears at lower rpm resulted in 25-28 mpg *in town* with every tank.
Driving slower with that same Dodge diesel truck also increased my hwy. mpg:
70 mph= 21-23
65 mph= 24
55 mph= 28
So driving slower means 25% savings in fuel for me, consistent over the last 160,000 miles I've driven the same truck, and gets me an extra 210 miles out of each tank on the highway. Yes, still in the right lane. :-)
congrats you just saved $.00000002 Thats $.16 over a year. If everyone does it, it'll save enough gas to make up for Al Gore's private jet taxiing 100 yards to its hangar.
HaHaHa Don't worry Obama will hope/change us out of this mess
I have driven a sportbike across the nation for 3500 miles. I just drove our family(4 people and baggage) in my 2001 Ford Taurus V6 station wagon in July for 2500 miles round trip for the family reunion. I have a Class A license and am a proffessional driver. You are not making anyone safer by slowing, disturbing or impeding the flow of traffic. We are all aware of government ass clowns over-charging for gas but let's not punish each other.
is this a new development or were you always stupid? first of all, if you come to a complete stop, you are losing your momentum no matter what, 2 seconds sooner or later (especially in an automatic) isn't going to make a difference. Second of all, accelerating at near full throttle in peak torque is the most efficient way to accelerate, thats what the engines were designed for. Putting away from a stop is just filling your cylinders with carbon buildup and wasting gas.
so do a lot of people who want to save gas and money. i don't think that is a insult like you are trying to make it. it's kinda a complement so thanks. what's the point in racing to a light? there is none.
you suck. out of all the posts to this video, mine is the tamest. you are such a coward that you won't address some REAL insults even under anonymity. loser.
yours just happened to be the first i seen. i don't look at all the comments on videos usually. just the ones under the video. i was trying to be funny but you seem to have taking it seriously
boy isn't this brillant lol what are you an attention whore who doesn't know that coasting improves mileage? You can save much more by just driving 5 mph under the speed limit when it's 50 mph or above. Please tell us something we don't know.
In my country is 10.5 dollars per gallon, and our wages are a lot lower then yours.
You have free gas, I don't even know how you manage to have gas at such lower prices, and, on the top of it you protest saying that the gallon is expensive...
Gasoline is more critical to daily operations for average Americans than Euros, primarily due to geographic distribution. Many americans work in neighboring cities. Like myself. Why not move? Part of the family works to the east, I work to the west, both in different cities than the one we live in. And don't say "get a different job" - in Michigan that's an unfunny joke.
Still, there are way too many spoiled bitches riding solo in SUVs in the US, so the price of gas isn't high enough yet.
No one is causing accidents from this driving style. How can we cause accidents by going slower? We can cause more by going faster and if you're behind the slow people like myself approaching a stoplight... guess what... we will both be at that stoplight until it turns green. We save our gas and yours without you even trying. By driving this way I can get an additional 4 mpg in town. That's about 12 dollars per tank savings.
And, as the video shows, all other traffic is flowing out of the way and I'm still sitting behing your slow ass. YOU ARE CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. Get out of my way.
Noway! Im not letting OPEC steal all my money! Im america we should all drive like this.. Draft, Coat, DRIVE SLOW. I have V8 Chevrolets and I have been doing this and have been SLOWING DOWN on the highway, Greatly improving the overall MPG. And... Ill still blow your doors off if I want to pass anyone.
Traffic problems are from people following too close and using there brakes alot. If you coast, This makes driving safer IMHO because distances are increased, thus allowing more reaction time
I gave this "hypermiling" a try with my CRX. MPG went from 29 overall to 37 overall in my first attempt. That adds up to $48/month saved for me. I'm gonna try and break 40mpg with some other techniques...
diesel is the only way for us to save the planet and get good gas mileage. forget these plastic hybrids. my friend has a prius and it only gets 46 miles per gallon. not much at all since its suppose to get 65. my 7600lb duramax gets 20 miles per gallon and im getting roughly 600 miles per tank. my trucks is stock and with the upgrades i just ordered i should get closer to 700 miles per tank.
This would be more successful with a Prius or any hybrid car like it. Once you let off the gas the car is esstenial "turned off". This happens in city driving situations. The brakes are still effective during this time.
Many news reports on TV have talked about hypermiling, and they have done 1 of 2 things - either the reporter quotes something dangerous, or the reporter shows parts of an interview with a hypermiler that does STUPID and DANGEROUS things while driving. BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THAT WAY - YOU CAN GET A MPG INCREASE WITHOUT THIS STUFF.
When you become conscious of how the common driver wastes so much gasoline, stuck in traffic, accelerating quickly, driving two-ton SUVs with off-road capabilities in suburbia, you begin to appreciate the enormity of the gasoline use.
I wonder what happens when I remove the side view mirrors, all the seats, floor mats, the radio, change the hood to carbon fiber and if I lose about 25 lbs....? LoL
Old mpg = 17, new mpg = 21, if gas is $2.80/gal of regular, then at 65mph econ. is .165 cents/mile. At 55mph econ. moves to .133 cents per mile. Diff. is .032 cents/mile. If I drive an avg. of 1000 miles/month that adds up to $32 bucks a month, or 384/year, enough for a few nice meals out with the family at least!
There's a farm out there for folks with your preference, you may want to check it out. Be very very careful though if you go there -- one person who enjoyed horses died there from internal hemmoraging.
Just by backing off from my accelerator from 65mph to 55mph on the highway my minivan gets at least 4mpg more overall, based on average driving I do of about 75% hwy/25% city, dividing the total miles traveled on one tank by the gallons of gas pumped when the tank was empty. Pretty amazing, check it out:
But imagine it this way - if you do the 55 MPH and the place is not too congested, you won't get rear-ended. Also - imagine a 4 MPG increase if your SUV gets 16MPG. Thas a 25 percent increase - in otherwords, you get to fill up your tank one less time for every 5 times you used to fill it up. For me that 4 MPG saves about $60 per month.
There is another and bigger advantage that you do not mention. If you see orange a red light, it is more interting to gently brake : you increase your chance that the light goes green in the meantime and you do not have to stop that way. You also put less wear on your brakes I guess.
Regarding the red light -- very important what you say, but I take it one step further and it works great. By staying as many seconds behind the car in front as feasable depending on traffic (the ancy people behind get PO'd) I can coast and not have to even brake, approximately 50 or more percent of the time when the light goes to green ahead.
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SeanMadcon 1 year ago
First off, yes- I stay over in the right lane! :-) I drive a Dodge diesel truck, and since gently doesn't use the turbo as much, my city mileage improved from 16 mpg up to 20 mpg, a savings of 25% over my previous driving. For my 35 gal. tank, that's like getting 8.75 gal. free, which equals $25 worth of fuel each tank. Yes, driving smart is well worth it for me; I fill up every three weeks, so that equals over $400 a year I save.
beach1963 2 years ago
"Normal" driving with a 2007 VW Rabbit got me 22 mpg in town, but gentle acceleration and shifting gears at lower rpm resulted in 25-28 mpg *in town* with every tank.
Driving slower with that same Dodge diesel truck also increased my hwy. mpg:
70 mph= 21-23
65 mph= 24
55 mph= 28
So driving slower means 25% savings in fuel for me, consistent over the last 160,000 miles I've driven the same truck, and gets me an extra 210 miles out of each tank on the highway. Yes, still in the right lane. :-)
beach1963 2 years ago
Obama should have told us about this instead of telling us to inflate our tires!
i90east 2 years ago
congrats you just saved $.00000002 Thats $.16 over a year. If everyone does it, it'll save enough gas to make up for Al Gore's private jet taxiing 100 yards to its hangar.
HaHaHa Don't worry Obama will hope/change us out of this mess
timeforchili 3 years ago
love the comment, so true.
rkozna107 3 years ago
I have driven a sportbike across the nation for 3500 miles. I just drove our family(4 people and baggage) in my 2001 Ford Taurus V6 station wagon in July for 2500 miles round trip for the family reunion. I have a Class A license and am a proffessional driver. You are not making anyone safer by slowing, disturbing or impeding the flow of traffic. We are all aware of government ass clowns over-charging for gas but let's not punish each other.
ralphieboogerbottoms 3 years ago
is this a new development or were you always stupid? first of all, if you come to a complete stop, you are losing your momentum no matter what, 2 seconds sooner or later (especially in an automatic) isn't going to make a difference. Second of all, accelerating at near full throttle in peak torque is the most efficient way to accelerate, thats what the engines were designed for. Putting away from a stop is just filling your cylinders with carbon buildup and wasting gas.
neogeon 3 years ago
you drive like my grandma
zee339 3 years ago
so do a lot of people who want to save gas and money. i don't think that is a insult like you are trying to make it. it's kinda a complement so thanks. what's the point in racing to a light? there is none.
james42519 3 years ago
you suck. out of all the posts to this video, mine is the tamest. you are such a coward that you won't address some REAL insults even under anonymity. loser.
zee339 3 years ago
yours just happened to be the first i seen. i don't look at all the comments on videos usually. just the ones under the video. i was trying to be funny but you seem to have taking it seriously
james42519 3 years ago
i apologize, i was probably having a bad day.
zee339 3 years ago
Save all the money you can hypermiling....
You need the cash later to fix that hybrid and replace those batteries!
Sure the hybrid is a low polluter, as a final product. But the manufacturing of the car is where it's pollution begins. Especially the batteries.
Oh wait... the batteries are made in China...]
Who cares right?
Wrong...
Pollution is pollution.
oesbob 3 years ago 5
boy isn't this brillant lol what are you an attention whore who doesn't know that coasting improves mileage? You can save much more by just driving 5 mph under the speed limit when it's 50 mph or above. Please tell us something we don't know.
drydock265 3 years ago
Do you think the gallon is expensive in US? LOL
In my country is 10.5 dollars per gallon, and our wages are a lot lower then yours.
You have free gas, I don't even know how you manage to have gas at such lower prices, and, on the top of it you protest saying that the gallon is expensive...
Paulo412349 3 years ago
Gasoline is more critical to daily operations for average Americans than Euros, primarily due to geographic distribution. Many americans work in neighboring cities. Like myself. Why not move? Part of the family works to the east, I work to the west, both in different cities than the one we live in. And don't say "get a different job" - in Michigan that's an unfunny joke.
Still, there are way too many spoiled bitches riding solo in SUVs in the US, so the price of gas isn't high enough yet.
hraith 3 years ago
No one is causing accidents from this driving style. How can we cause accidents by going slower? We can cause more by going faster and if you're behind the slow people like myself approaching a stoplight... guess what... we will both be at that stoplight until it turns green. We save our gas and yours without you even trying. By driving this way I can get an additional 4 mpg in town. That's about 12 dollars per tank savings.
cessna421ace 3 years ago 3
And, as the video shows, all other traffic is flowing out of the way and I'm still sitting behing your slow ass. YOU ARE CAUSING ACCIDENTS AND TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. Get out of my way.
mygoofystuff 3 years ago
Noway! Im not letting OPEC steal all my money! Im america we should all drive like this.. Draft, Coat, DRIVE SLOW. I have V8 Chevrolets and I have been doing this and have been SLOWING DOWN on the highway, Greatly improving the overall MPG. And... Ill still blow your doors off if I want to pass anyone.
Traffic problems are from people following too close and using there brakes alot. If you coast, This makes driving safer IMHO because distances are increased, thus allowing more reaction time
ghtowagon 3 years ago 2
In america, Edit.
ghtowagon 3 years ago
I gave this "hypermiling" a try with my CRX. MPG went from 29 overall to 37 overall in my first attempt. That adds up to $48/month saved for me. I'm gonna try and break 40mpg with some other techniques...
cb1ryder 3 years ago 2
diesel is the only way for us to save the planet and get good gas mileage. forget these plastic hybrids. my friend has a prius and it only gets 46 miles per gallon. not much at all since its suppose to get 65. my 7600lb duramax gets 20 miles per gallon and im getting roughly 600 miles per tank. my trucks is stock and with the upgrades i just ordered i should get closer to 700 miles per tank.
frankiej510 3 years ago
Jeeze...The world is not in jedordy that badly, whats the point?
tjbenji 4 years ago
saving $.. did you really have to ask that question?
zoso0987 3 years ago
This would be more successful with a Prius or any hybrid car like it. Once you let off the gas the car is esstenial "turned off". This happens in city driving situations. The brakes are still effective during this time.
TequilaKG 4 years ago
Many news reports on TV have talked about hypermiling, and they have done 1 of 2 things - either the reporter quotes something dangerous, or the reporter shows parts of an interview with a hypermiler that does STUPID and DANGEROUS things while driving. BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE THAT WAY - YOU CAN GET A MPG INCREASE WITHOUT THIS STUFF.
safeHypermiler 4 years ago
Hypermiling is dangerous.
When you turn off the engine the brakes
can't work if you have p/b (power brakes) which most cars today have.
PS, I love weed!!!
Reverseflush 4 years ago
When you become conscious of how the common driver wastes so much gasoline, stuck in traffic, accelerating quickly, driving two-ton SUVs with off-road capabilities in suburbia, you begin to appreciate the enormity of the gasoline use.
adelRX7 4 years ago 3
and by driving around at 2 mph you get your geek ass kicked by the drivers behind you that you are holding up.
bm13 4 years ago
I wonder what happens when I remove the side view mirrors, all the seats, floor mats, the radio, change the hood to carbon fiber and if I lose about 25 lbs....? LoL
gman2000 4 years ago
You made a funny
Reverseflush 4 years ago
Old mpg = 17, new mpg = 21, if gas is $2.80/gal of regular, then at 65mph econ. is .165 cents/mile. At 55mph econ. moves to .133 cents per mile. Diff. is .032 cents/mile. If I drive an avg. of 1000 miles/month that adds up to $32 bucks a month, or 384/year, enough for a few nice meals out with the family at least!
gman2000 4 years ago
If I blow 1 goat per month thats 12 happy goats in a year which means absolutly nothing except that I blow goats.
Reverseflush 4 years ago
There's a farm out there for folks with your preference, you may want to check it out. Be very very careful though if you go there -- one person who enjoyed horses died there from internal hemmoraging.
safeHypermiler 4 years ago
Just by backing off from my accelerator from 65mph to 55mph on the highway my minivan gets at least 4mpg more overall, based on average driving I do of about 75% hwy/25% city, dividing the total miles traveled on one tank by the gallons of gas pumped when the tank was empty. Pretty amazing, check it out:
gman2000 4 years ago
You can use the gas money you saved to buy a new car when someone rear ends you!
sorry, just the way drivers are in Texas, i swear my truck gets gallons to the mile...
:-/
But it was free! so oh well...
memphiskyle 4 years ago
But imagine it this way - if you do the 55 MPH and the place is not too congested, you won't get rear-ended. Also - imagine a 4 MPG increase if your SUV gets 16MPG. Thas a 25 percent increase - in otherwords, you get to fill up your tank one less time for every 5 times you used to fill it up. For me that 4 MPG saves about $60 per month.
safeHypermiler 4 years ago
Man, I really wish that were possible here.
It's a chore to not get rear-ended when your going the speed limit, let alone the 5-15 your talking about.
Then again, some vehicles are different, it depends on gearing.
With my truck, at 55, i'm in 4th gear at like 5K RPM, but at normal highway speeds of 70, i'm in 5th gear at onl 3-3.5K RPM.
So it's more efficient for me to go the speed limit on high ways...
memphiskyle 4 years ago
There is another and bigger advantage that you do not mention. If you see orange a red light, it is more interting to gently brake : you increase your chance that the light goes green in the meantime and you do not have to stop that way. You also put less wear on your brakes I guess.
Newtoon 4 years ago 2
Regarding the red light -- very important what you say, but I take it one step further and it works great. By staying as many seconds behind the car in front as feasable depending on traffic (the ancy people behind get PO'd) I can coast and not have to even brake, approximately 50 or more percent of the time when the light goes to green ahead.
safeHypermiler 4 years ago