Hyper Mileing

[Da Klugs]

After the game last night coming home from Sams tried "the extreme". What could I get based upon getting up to the speed limit (eventually), cruising to stop on neutral, low rpm, force upshifts, etc.

Rolled almost to a dead stop in my driveway with 31.7 MPG showing on the display. Max speed 35 mph. Max RPM 1600 where it would upshift. Cruising rpm 1200. Idle RPM 800 when in neutral. About 2 miles. 2 stops that I rolled at about 3 mph, one left turn in neutral and the left into the driveway rolling to a stop with just a bit of brake.

Got me thinking that with all the electronic gizmos they put on cars today it would be pretty easy to add an "eco mode" that does all the things I am trying manually, automatically. They have performance switches on our cars changing the shift patterns, suspension settings etc, why not the other direction? Switch that moves the shift patterns to the minimum RPM, automatically "freewheels" the transmission and also changes the throttle to much less sensitivity (lots of pedal movement for a little increase in RPM). Seems like it would be much less expensive then "retooling". Would give each of us the option of having different types of MPG and performance vehicles with the flip of a switch. In my case, for city driving this might mean a doubling of mileage. Pretty interesting.