by I WENT OUT, GOT MYSELF A SCANGAUGE II WHICH MEASURESFUEL ECONOMY DYNAMICALLY ALONG WITH ABOUT 30 OTHER PARAMETERS SO ICAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT MY FUEL ECONOMY IS WHEN COASTING DOWN A HILL INNEUTRAL OR WHEN DRIVING DOWN A HILL IN GEAR I AM GOING TO CAREFULLYBREAK DOWN THE DATA TO SEE JUST WHERE MY FUEL SAVINGS IS COMING FROMAND I'LL REPORT ON IT IN A FEW WEEKS I AM CLEARLY GETTING ABOUT 25L100 KM BETTER MILEAGE FOR BOTH MY CARS USING THE HYPERMILINGTECHNIQUES, BUT THIS NEW DEVICE IS GOING TO ALLOW ME TO SEE JUSTWHERE THAT SAVINGS IS COMING FROM WHETHER IT'S FROM STOPPING THEENGINE AT RED LIGHTS, FROM COASTING, OR FROM MERELY SLOWING DOWN 10KMH INCIDENTALLY, I THINK CHRIS IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT THAT MUCH OFMY SAVINGS IS PROBABLY COMING FROM JUST DRIVING A LITTLE SLOWER, BUTWE'LL FIND OUT FOR SURE, BACK, REPORT
Published in Cochrane times (Cochrane, Ont.) (30.07.2008)