Hyundai Azera Real World MPG

Replying to: snaglepus (Jun 14, 2008 5:01 pm)

Snaglepus wrote: "So you bought and are using ScanGauge"?
 
No, I haven't bought one yet, but I am considering it. You might look for a local dealer and find one at a lower price. I found one in my area that was about $30 cheaper than the manufacturer's website price.
 
"Have you tried using second gear starts and making the tranny upshift as early as possible, and also allowing the T/C to engage as early as possible in fourth and fifth?
I am wondering if this helps or hinders F E "?
 
No, I have just been letting the transmission do its own thing. I notice that with the gradual speed-ups that I do it drops into TQ-lockup fairly early (around 40 mph). One other trick that the hypermiling site mentioned was to shut off the engine at stop lights. I did start doing that because some of the lights we stop at are pretty long.
 
We got caught in a traffic snarl in Frisco a while back and at the time our mpg average was sitting at 29.0 mpg after return from a 300 mile trip. We were stuck in that jam for nearly 30 minutes and you could literally watch the mpg average drop as the minutes ticked by. Of course, we need AC operating here most of the time, so we were not willing to turn off the engine. Hindsight is always better than foresight and we probably should have gotten off of the tollway and used the access road.
 
I would like to use the ScanGauge as it reads instantaneous mileage instead of average. That way you get feedback on how your techniques are helping or hindering fuel economy.
 
Incidentally the same hypermiling website did a test of a pickup with tailgate up and down to see if there was any change. It was only one tenth of a mile per gallon different and the person doing the test said that it was within the range or error. One man developed a "fastback" shell for his pickup and got 4 mpg highway improvement. The design allowed for raising it when carrying large loads or camping. Unfortunately he does not have the financial backing to manufacture his design.
 
Happy motoring!
 
Joe

Replying to: joezera (May 28, 2008 5:14 pm)

Recently returned from my first long trip (SW Florida to Tennessee to NJ and back to Florida) and my best mileage was 30.4 mpg derived from holding my max. speed to 65 mph in Virginia where radar detectors are illegal...

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Replying to: allmet33 (Jun 16, 2008 1:10 pm)

  
You lucky people! Wish the prices were that low out here in Kalliforneia.
 
The least expense regular grade gasoline here in Riverside County is $4.419
(Arco, Costco) with many other stations as high as $4.599 in this area.
 
With the low fuel light not on yet, 20 gallons X $4.419 is over $88.
 
See what I mean?
 

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Replying to: snaglepus (Jun 16, 2008 3:54 pm)

I certainly don't evny you!

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Replying to: wamba2000 (Jun 17, 2008 12:50 pm)

 
Don't feel like the loneharanger.
 
I can remember in the late '40s as a teenager when my dad went balastic when regular
(leaded) gasoline at a Golden Eagle station on PCH right across the street
from the Standard Oil refinery in El Segundo was $0.149 per gallon..
You'd have thought someone had a gun to his head and was robbing him.
 
I recall filling my Rocket Oldsmobile 88 with premium for $0.359 at the Mobil
station where I worked back in the mid-fifties part time for $1.50 per hour.
 
So it really wasn't nearly as bad then as it is now.
If there were people still being paid to pump gas now (actually there are in Oregon . . It's the law!)
they surely aren't getting $19 per hour for that job especially up there.
 
I don't understand how the less fortunate people can get by.
 

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