hypermile

v. to take extraordinary measures toward achieving maximum fuel efficiency in an automobile. Subjects: English, Automobiles & Transportation, Pastimes & Hobbies

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Citations: 2004 Wayne Gerdes @ Illinois GreenHybrid (June 4) “ The Horror, the absolute horror…”: Hyper fuel economy driving can be considered in a similar fashion.…The best hyper mileage Insight drivers do not use the WOT (Wide Open Throttle) in First, Second, and Fifth gear fast start.…hile test driving a Prius II in late January of this year with a fellow Insight owning Hyper miler, we both had some great around town runs in relatively cold temperatures while using the slow acceleration and timing techniques. 2004 Steve Sloan @ Gainesville, Georgia GreenHybrid (June 17) “Turobocharged Insight”: If i really had to comment on that, i’d say that if driven for the most milage (like he says…it gets what it gets, he doestn drive it like a hypermiler) it could get more. 2004 Waye Gerdes @ Illinois GreenHybrid (Aug. 15) “The Black Variant of Death and Rammstein”: Hypermilers almost always run with the least amount of fuel burned in any number of circumstances.…Even using interior heat is a luxury an Insighter had better reconsider if he is considering Hypermiling year round. 2004 [Kenny] GreenHybrid (Aug. 12) “ Obsessed with the MPG gauge?”: Before this car I spent two years learning hypermiling on my 2004 HCH1. 2005 Jacqueline Shoyeb, Moustafa Ayad Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania) (Aug. 8) “Hybrid drivers complete run for mileage mark”: Kroushl’s Prius finally rolled to a stop at 6:55 p.m. yesterday, five minutes short of 48 hours on the road. He drove more than 15 hours of the trip and emerged from the car drenched in sweat—he was trying to boost fuel economy by not running the air conditioning. But why spend a weekend driving nowhere? The men each have their reasons, but it all boils down to two things: competition and hypermile super stardom. 2007 Jeff Horwich Minnesota Public Radio (Feb. 14) “Does being green conflict with American culture?”: Now, the movement might take a lesson from an obscure but growing hobby—something called “hypermiling.” Count Kevin Moot, of Bloomington, among its aficionados. “There are people who are speed freaks, and people who are fuel economy freaks,” he says. “I’d probably fall into the latter category."…Him, and other hypermilers, to take their gas mileage very seriously: modifying their cars, sharing tips with each other, and overhauling their everyday driving habits.…Kevin’s car is freezing, and his windows keep frosting up because using the defroster can kill your mileage. Hypermilers overinflate their tires, block their radiators, avoid using their brakes when possible, and will even turn off their cars on the highway to ride the tailwind created by semis. Not that Kevin does any of these sometimes-illegal things.

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