Originally Posted by 98CoupeV6
I get my best MPG cruising 75-80. I usually get between 28 and 30. Below that or above that I tend to get 26-27. This confuses me as well.
One trip from NYC to Syracuse I got 30.5 MPG doing between 75-90 the whole way behind fast traffic and I hit 135 on an empty downhill stretch...that was weird
Yeah, that doesn't make sense...I would think that in theory you would get the best MPG going as slow as you could in the highest gear...so probably more like 45ish. :dunno:
I think I remember reading an auto magazine like back in high school where the authors tried to get the best MPG...and they found the best was had by acclerating up to speed, then coasting down to like 5, accelerating again, etc. Something like that...but it's a fuzzy memory at best.