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Gassed up for 81.8mpg (712.1 miles, 8.71gal). This tank was mostly interstate at 60-65mph, but with 2 trips through downtown Anderson ,SC to add variety. The most notable events while driving through this tank was the guy who almost ran off the road while trying to get far away enough from me in the passing lane to get my car completely framed in his cell phone camera. The cop in Due West who pulled me over, not, as he explained it, because I had done anything wrong (he didn't even ask for my licence/registration), but because he was curious about the car and wanted to ask questions about it (I asked him and he said there was nothing illegal about my car). And finally the mechanic at the Honda specialty garage (where I stopped to get some parts) who said he thought "the martians had landed" when my car glided silently ICE-off and apparently wheel-less (full skirts on all 4 wheels) into their parking lot. Then of course all of the mechanics and the garage owners had to come out to ask questions and take pictures.
I will probably be down a few MPG for the next few tanks. I finally broke down and got new tires (Sumitomo HTR T4 165/70R13) to replace the worn out Michelin Harmony 175/70R13 on my car. It is getting hard to find tires in my car's OEM size, but these Sumitomo's are suppose to be LRR tires and have a max pressure rating of 51psi (I promptly filled them to 60psi). They initially started out draggier than my old tires, taking a pulse width of 4.5, rather than 3.7 on the SuperMID to maintain the 30 to 65mph speed range on level roads, but they have gotten better in the 70 miles I have driven them so far. My car gets the same mileage when driving at speeds from 30 to 65mph (and only slightly less at 70mph). It takes additional gas to increase the speed, but once at constant speed, the mpg's go back up to where they were at the lower speed, and I get the fuel used in acceleration back in coasting distance when dropping back down to the lower speed.
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This driving technique is, unfortunately, not good for any conditions except light traffic
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