150mpg for 18 miles Honda Insight "hypermiler"

This was my first "hypermiler" experience. I had just filled up on gas, the battery charge was completely full, and I had a tail wind on my drive from Emeryville to Vallejo, northeast on I-80 in California. Tires were filled to 50psi and traffic was light to non-existent. I only had my old olympus digital camera in the car at the time (this was 2005) which didn't take video but I wanted to document this with something, seeing off-the chart mileage like this for 12 miles is not something that happens frequently.

Had I known better at the time I would have switched the display to metric as it gives a higher range than the MPG display... but I can tell it took 18.3 miles before I ever dropped my average mpg below 150mpg... it was quite stunning and I have never been able to duplicate such a long run at such high mpg.

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Science & Technology

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• honda insight
• hypermiler
• 150mpg
• hybrid
• electric car
• fuel efficient
• fuel efficiency

[dick117]

What did you do to get that mileage? Coast downhill?

[wentzr]

@dick117 I had a tailwind, tires were filled to 50psi.

I maintained my momentum by going realy light on the gas, yet still maintaining the speed limit. Lots of watching traffic far ahead, anticipating slow downs and seeing which lane was moving, usually while coasting.

It was not something that happened often in this car but was possible if driven just right with just the right conditions. I drove this route every day, usually 65 mpg. I lucked out with conditions this great only this once.

[zeldacuz]

if you do some research on the insight forums you will find this is a glitch in how the car reads the mpg, almost always occurring right after filling up.

[nehlek]

lameass video thanx for nothing next time record a cat sleeping it would be just as interesting douche

[MrBry329]

why didnt you post a vid on how you achieved this high millage

[paraminion]

1 rating, 1 star. wow. this world is F'd.