Freezebyte
05-27-2008, 06:18 PM
Greetings all, found this website earlier today and im really intrigued by the idea of this hypermiling as I "thought" I was doing it for years but apparently, not good enough, so maybe you can give me incite into how to do a better job for my particular driving habits.
On April 12, 2008 I picked up my first new car, a beautiful 08 Honda Civic coupe EX-L. I"ve been wanting one of these for over two years since they first came out and at long last, things worked out to my favor and I traded in my 04 Honda Accord EX V6 coupe and now own "Silver Ice"
I live in the Rocky Mountains, specifically Missoula, MT where the roads are rough and the other drivers are even rougher. We have some of the worst drivers in country and not to mention a vast majority of people driving SUV and Subaru's for their type of lifestyle and driving habits.
Needless to say, i've been trained to be very alert and quick on the pedal for both brake and gas to keep outa harms way in my town. My current job allows me to work from home and use a company provided van and gas card so I do not use Silver Ice for work related reasons.
That being said, 98% of the time, I am driving in town. Being in Montana, our weather changes constantly. One hour it can be 40 degrees, blowing wind and cold rain, the next hour it could jump to 60 degrees with sunshine and no wind. The winters here get very cold and harsh, with variable temperatures ranging from -20 to 40 degree's that changes constantly, with snowfall, ice, hail, fog and everything in between.
Summer and springs consist of random rainstorms with summer becoming very hot at times 80-100 degrees with little humidity until fall sets and and cycle repeats itself
So there are times when I drive no more then a block away to the grocery store on a cold engine and drive for no less then a minute, park, do my thing and then head back home. Other times, im taking the 45mph sections to the other side of town which can result in alot of stop, crawl and go driving. At night I have more smoother and constant driving with less traffic. I drive from anywhere from 2 to 20 miles a day. My rough yearly average is less then 5,000 miles a year.
Our traffic in my town consists alot of stop and go, small side streets and a few sections of 45mph 4way roads around 5 miles long. There is also a decent amount of hilly roads that are around a 10% grade.
I also take side streets which average 20-30 mph and do require a fair amount of intersection stopping and going *I usually roll through stop signs, I hate full stops*
I only use highways maybe 2% of the time of my total driving, so the car is hardly ever at 50mph+ speeds.
That being said. I'm also planning on switching to full synthetic oil and possible 0w-20 oil to help my engine with colder temperatures and better fuel economy.
What are the suggestions of the guru's of the hypermiling for me? Also, keep in mind that I still have the thicker factory break in oil. They recommend not changing it till at least 4,000 miles so my engine is also not broken in completely yet either
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m1/Phantron/Civic/ivtec.jpg
On April 12, 2008 I picked up my first new car, a beautiful 08 Honda Civic coupe EX-L. I"ve been wanting one of these for over two years since they first came out and at long last, things worked out to my favor and I traded in my 04 Honda Accord EX V6 coupe and now own "Silver Ice"
I live in the Rocky Mountains, specifically Missoula, MT where the roads are rough and the other drivers are even rougher. We have some of the worst drivers in country and not to mention a vast majority of people driving SUV and Subaru's for their type of lifestyle and driving habits.
Needless to say, i've been trained to be very alert and quick on the pedal for both brake and gas to keep outa harms way in my town. My current job allows me to work from home and use a company provided van and gas card so I do not use Silver Ice for work related reasons.
That being said, 98% of the time, I am driving in town. Being in Montana, our weather changes constantly. One hour it can be 40 degrees, blowing wind and cold rain, the next hour it could jump to 60 degrees with sunshine and no wind. The winters here get very cold and harsh, with variable temperatures ranging from -20 to 40 degree's that changes constantly, with snowfall, ice, hail, fog and everything in between.
Summer and springs consist of random rainstorms with summer becoming very hot at times 80-100 degrees with little humidity until fall sets and and cycle repeats itself
So there are times when I drive no more then a block away to the grocery store on a cold engine and drive for no less then a minute, park, do my thing and then head back home. Other times, im taking the 45mph sections to the other side of town which can result in alot of stop, crawl and go driving. At night I have more smoother and constant driving with less traffic. I drive from anywhere from 2 to 20 miles a day. My rough yearly average is less then 5,000 miles a year.
Our traffic in my town consists alot of stop and go, small side streets and a few sections of 45mph 4way roads around 5 miles long. There is also a decent amount of hilly roads that are around a 10% grade.
I also take side streets which average 20-30 mph and do require a fair amount of intersection stopping and going *I usually roll through stop signs, I hate full stops*
I only use highways maybe 2% of the time of my total driving, so the car is hardly ever at 50mph+ speeds.
That being said. I'm also planning on switching to full synthetic oil and possible 0w-20 oil to help my engine with colder temperatures and better fuel economy.
What are the suggestions of the guru's of the hypermiling for me? Also, keep in mind that I still have the thicker factory break in oil. They recommend not changing it till at least 4,000 miles so my engine is also not broken in completely yet either
http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m1/Phantron/Civic/ivtec.jpg