Fuel Economy

[why?]

Originally Posted by rningonfumes

What do you mean zero regard for minimum speeds? or Safety?

I can break 45mpg without a thought. I drive in a relatively populated suburban area with relatively flat ground. I'm not showing off the 45. 45 was what I got before I knew anything about hypermiling. It's the number I hit when I first got the car. And 45 is what led me to googling everything up, that and at the time Bryan (up north) was posting rather consistently. I don't remember his handle- he is the one who drives in the mountains.

If you're driving while pretending that there is a CHP Officer watching your every move, ie within the law, you will break 45.

Lastly I do understand that people in more colder regions have more trouble. So make it 40 for you guys.

*gets off his soap box.

It was especially aimed at STC, who admits he drives 45 mph on roads with 65 mph speed limits, in an extremely rural area, which he says has almost zero traffic.

But anyone that consistently gets 45+ mpg in this car drives like few would even know how to, never mind want to. Y'all drive slower than everyone else, and that is simply the truth. I am simply explaining to people who think these are fake numbers.

Now that is your choice, and I congratulate you on getting great gas mileage. I've hit 44 mpg. I know what it takes. I also know 99% of the population simply has no interest in driving like that. I know I don't anymore. I get 36-37 mpg consistently and I am fine with that.

All you need to do is read what some of the hyper milers write on their boards to know they don't drive safely. They take perverse joy in being road hazards, and twistedly justify it by saying they are more important because they are doing it for great gas mileage. Bragging about driving half the speed limit on highways and the like is not safe driving, no matter how you cut it.