Hi Matt
Phil your too kind.
Matt I look at FE as a motorsport like any other facuet of automotive use or base's of messurement.
I was taught about hypermiling as a small child. As well as heel and toe. My father was a very good Autocross, hill climb and ralley driver as I was growing up in the 60's and 70's. He taught us to drive at a very young age. I learned to drive on a 1967 Fiat 850 Coupe. As a young child it was very important to my father to teach us all he could about driving.
A example would be when we got a snow here in Ar. or Ok. he would take me out and teach me how to slide a car. What to expect in a slide. and how to counter act and control a slide. I was drifting at 7 years old. Didnt know that would be a sport. lmao Then say on a nice saturday morning he would be out teaching me how to and when to coast a car ICE off. Or how to drive with load up a hill to save gas. Or draft. Heck you could draft a nat in a Fiat 850.
To my father FE and the tatics needed to get good FE where just as Important as wearing a seat belt. And if there wasnt seat belts in a car how to install them. ( it was the 60's ) And to this day he is the best practical driver Ive ever known. he can go from a mile long FAS to cliping cones at a autocross to a very sprited drive thru a twisty road in NW Arkansas better than anybody I know.
As for FE and why I bother with it? I was raised with it for one. I have a green side. But its not very big. I can share with you, Ive owned and pumped oil lease's in the past. Wish I owned a few now. The oil will run out. Do I think it will run out in my life time. NO -- So some stwertship is in order.
Wife and I work in Tulsa and live in a small town forty miles south of Tulsa. Our daily drive for years has been 80 to 150 miles a day depending on whats going on. For years we both drove seprate cars back and forth everyday. When gas prices started going up we started riding in together. Car pooling if you will. This time last year we bought our New Accord. I had been working on some hypermiling in my Ranger. But with the gearing it has and the horid 2.5L I4. It was a waiste of time.
The thursday before xmas we purchased the Civic. So we now drive the Accord or Civic into Tulsa now. With the rising cost of gas I started logging tanks and working on saving fuel. The Accord is a great hypermiler. It coast like its on a cloud. The Accord being the wifes car, she just ruions mpg. Ive gien up fighting with her and do what i can to off set her mpg busted driving. The Civic is mine. Shes never even set in the drivers seat! So the mpg for it is all mine.
Im not a extreme FE driver like many you will meet. And Im no where near a expert at all. I drive for me. If its fun Im doing it. That could be going down the hwy at 55 mph and then busting off a mile fas. Or taking the long way home and hoisting a rear tire in a hard corner. To low rpm shifting and light timing to blowing the doors off a stupid ricer kid. Im not perfect.
I live in Oklahoma. Im a Sooner, Vikings and Razorback fan. I drive Hondas, live in a Shack. I have three daughters, 5 grandkids and a wife I love very much. I keep fish tanks and love to overclock computers. I sell boilers, chillers, pumps and controls along with repair, start up, tech support for such to make a living. My spelling sucks, grammer and sentence structure is even worse.
I hope to enjoy your site!
psy
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