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[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by 1stToyota

That's good to know. Never thought I'd actually buy a SGII for fear that I'd be pegged as a hypermiler or going for the sleeveless sweater look...

...but I'll probably be doing a lot more in town driving and a lot less freeway driving, soon, so it might be pretty handy to have.

it has actually helped me with freeway driving some too. I don't know if i'm a hypermiler, but I do keep track of my mpg's, and i've averaged over 40mpg for the life of my vehicle (my 90 average is low due to long trips @ 70mph in which i don't care about mpg's but rather 7 vs 8 hrs).

it's easy to save a bit of gas on highways by going up to speed, then using the throttle sensor on the scanguage to find out exactly how much you can back off the gas before you lose your momentum. Usually you can back of one or two clicks without any ill effects (after you reach cruising speed).

It's much easier to do in flat stretches than on rollercoaster highways.... i'm usually going over mountain passes and through gorges, but it still has helped a lot.... when I care to pay attention to it.

[1stToyota]

Originally Posted by talnlnky

it has actually helped me with freeway driving some too. I don't know if i'm a hypermiler, but I do keep track of my mpg's, and i've averaged over 40mpg for the life of my vehicle (my 90 average is low due to long trips @ 70mph in which i don't care about mpg's but rather 7 vs 8 hrs).

it's easy to save a bit of gas on highways by going up to speed, then using the throttle sensor on the scanguage to find out exactly how much you can back off the gas before you lose your momentum. Usually you can back of one or two clicks without any ill effects (after you reach cruising speed).

It's much easier to do in flat stretches than on rollercoaster highways.... i'm usually going over mountain passes and through gorges, but it still has helped a lot.... when I care to pay attention to it.

I'll be switching from about 70% flat freeway driving to 100% stop about every mile or so for 4-way stopsigns and traffic lights. It'd be a real challenge to keep my 40+ average. I don't employ any real hypermiler tecniques or tactics, just flow with the traffic but don't do the jack-rabbit starts or the aggressive lane switches that's become so popular now. About $160.00 at Autozone, but I'm pretty sure that I can get them to beat that price.

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by 1stToyota

I'll be switching from about 70% flat freeway driving to 100% stop about every mile or so for 4-way stopsigns and traffic lights. It'd be a real challenge to keep my 40+ average. I don't employ any real hypermiler tecniques or tactics, just flow with the traffic but don't do the jack-rabbit starts or the aggressive lane switches that's become so popular now. About $160.00 at Autozone, but I'm pretty sure that I can get them to beat that price.

for stop and go traffic i've noticed accelerating with a throttle position (TPS) of under 26 helps... especially if you can keep it below 25. The range for the TPS goes from around 15 to 80. 15 or 16 being idle, and 80 being WOT. I hardly ever go higher than 35. I'd say 90-95% of driving is under 30.