Yer a sick puppy, Jeff.

 

well im out.. that job i had isnt gonna work right now so i cant spare the gas.

 

Sorry to hear that, man.

 

i would think the car gets it best mpg at about 45mph. i can do 45mph and only spin about 1200rpm. and its a new sentra.

 

Oh, for sure. A friend of mine has one of those, he drives like a grandma (but is not a "hypermiler"), and I want to say he said he got something like 38 mpg the last time he drove down from Augusta... and that was at highway speeds... 70ish.

You need to do this, Deac! If you can keep your foot out of it, I see 40 plus for you.

I'll even sweeten the deal for you... I'll share my super-secret "economy" route with you. That'll keep you off the interstate and put you on some entertaining back roads.

 

i've babied it, drafted, had the windows rolled up reasonably, had my radio and interior lighting off, and still couldnt pull that mpg when i went to naples from tampa

 

Off-topic, but what the hell...

The car is capable of more. My guess is that you're still not doing it right (no offense). Old habits are really, really hard to break! Cruising from Naples to Tampa on I-275 where the average speed is about 80 mph and people are constantly passing you at 85-90... VERY difficult place to try to get good fuel mileage. You may feel like you're babying it compared to how you're used to driving, but you're probably still driving 75-80, and the real killer is that it's hard to maintain a constant speed on the stretch of road. You're always slowing down for traffic, speeding up to get past it, etc.

If we're talking about a new Sentra, it probably has an in-dash computer that will give you an MPG readout, right? Try resetting that readout when you start each trip. You'll begin your trip with really shitty mileage... like something under 10 when you pull out of the driveway. But, as you drive, the engine warms up, and you travel a few miles, you average out the cold-start and you'll get up to 30 pretty easily. From there, start working on it. Do everything you can to get that number to increase. You'll learn what works and what doesn't.

Learning to use DFCO is easy... what's hard (especially if you're used to driving fast cars) is learning to have a REALLY light foot on acceleration. Making that adjustment from 60-70 mph on the highway... there's potential to save a lot of fuel by always doing that with a super-light foot rather than making it happen "right now" like you know you can.

If your car has a real-time instantaneous MPG display, that's even better for "training". It'll show you exactly what I'm telling you. Light foot = 25+ mpg on accel. Heavy foot = 12-15 mpg on accel. It all factors into your average MPG.

 

I was interested but my car blew up and none of my friends were interested. I briefly contemplated offering my services as a navigator, but then I realized that I'm terrible at reading maps and I get lost all the time and I'd be a horrible navigator. So apologies for showing interest and not following through.

 

If you know how to read numbers off of a GPS screen (average mph, time to destination, etc) and take notes, you can navigate for me. I pretty much know the route I'm taking, we'll get there.

I do need a navi...

 

Okay, I've got a navigator. Andrew (93LowBody) is going to ride with me. Cool.

So far, it looks like the only confirmed entries I have are me and Bruce. If that's the way it works out, at least it will be a fun competition with us both being in the same model of car.

I'm kinda stoked. I have people on the Yaris forum who almost have me convinced that I can get close to 60 mpg if I do everything just right. That would be amazing!