My best gas mileage yet!

My best "hypermiling" trip yet!
A trip to the airport returns 76 mpg!
- that's about 63 mpg (US), 3.7 l/100km.
Anyone can achieve a great mileage over a short distance

• I could, for example, go to the top of a hill near here, reset the fuel computer, then drive down the hill and claim great gas mileage!!
• but I will not!

What really matters is what gas mileage you get for a "real journey", and for a round trip, so that headwind/tailwind uphill/downhill effects do not skew the result.

My automobile computer readout after the airport run 

The trip was far from optimum for hypermiling, but I did what I could.

Top tips for improving your gas mileage

These are all based on "official" tips from the US Department of Energy

Hypermiling - an introduction

Hypermiling.
You may have heard the term.
So just what is it?

"Hypermiling" has a couple of different meanings.

It can be either:

1. Driving to achieve the best possible fuel efficiency from a fuel powered vehicle,
   OR
2. Driving so as to exceed the "official" fuel mileage for the vehicle.

From a "green" perspective, the second meaning is the most practical.
We can't all afford to buy a new "super economy" motor vehicle every few years, so getting the most from what we already have is important.

Whatever motor vehicle you have, it will have a "official" fuel consumption. Although the test standards vary a little from country to country, the difference is not that specific. Remember, you are trying to beat the "official" figures for YOUR car in your country, not for other cars or other countries.