treeofliberty Report post Posted July 4, 2009 As with most others, I've been playing the moderate hypermiling game with my FFH since picking it up. Sitting here in the middle of hottest part of a Phoenix summer, this has translated into unbelievable mileage in the morning commute (5-6am) and moderately wonderful mileage coming home (4-5pm). My commute consists of 5.5 miles out to I-10, with a slight upward grade, about 30 miles on I-10 (all flat), and about 3 miles from I-10 to the office, with a very slight downward grade. Unlike my prior driving habbits, I now try to keep to around 45mph on the regular streets and around 70 on I-10. For my three morning commutes this week, I was able to get 46.4, 47.0, and 46.5mpg, according to the computer. The corresponding drives home usually dropped the day's average to about 42-43mpg, meaning I was getting around 39-40mpg on the drive home in the 105-110 degree heat and heavy traffic. This week's commuting was interrupted by a quick 800-mile business trip to New Mexico. This trip included hills, a passenger, and faster speeds (nearly 80mph). My overall mileage for the trip was 35.5mpg. The morning commute, with the lighter traffic and cooler temperatures, has become a hypermiling lab for me. My attention is glued to the traffic patterns and the instrument cluster, set to Empower. 47.0 appears to be the upper limit on what I can achieve with the FFH, without extreme measures, like truck drafting and dropping to grandpa speeds. This all makes me curious about the numbers I'll see when the weather cools back down. The FFH is certainly delivering on the number one reason I bought: commuting mileage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treeofliberty Report post Posted July 7, 2009 Broke my record this morning with a surprising 50.2mpg for the commute (according to the computer). Traffic was perfect and I hit many of the lights, allowing extended stealth mode driving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites