Originally Posted by
Don
I think i read where you said you were able to get it up to 60 mpg average in (I think 14 miles) from a cold start. That is impressive! I would love to hear about that, I can only guess there are some long engine off coasts but would be great to hear more from you about what you have learned about the car and eco driving tips. also what psi do you run your tires at?
Thanks in advance, Don
Hey Don!
I think you read when i responded to the CVT-manual dilemma that one time I was able to get a CVT mirage to display 60 MPG in about 2.5 miles.
Coincidentally today I had another opportunity to drive a CVT in city and could not get the darn thing to go past 45 MPG.
However I had company so the A/C was on the whole time plus traffic lights,no neutral coasts, etc!
With my manual mirage I accelerate relatively slowly and go from 5th to neutral back and forth bouncing between various speeds depending on what traffic allows me to get away with.
Recently I've been leaving the engine on except where I can justify shutting it off for an extended coasting.
Sometimes right after someone passes me with a large vehicle I accelerate to see how fast they are going and as soon as our speed matches I use it along with their "shield" to do a long EOC. I tipically do this maybe a mile before a stop sign.
(so my car does 70 MPH at least once a day )
Tire pressures are about 48-50 PSI. I don't check it often because my smooth wheel covers make it a pain to do so.
If you want to work the display up to high numbers and traffic allows you to do so get up to 50 MPH pull to neutral coast down to 40 MPH and repeat. (could try lower numbers too) it should go 60+ MPG in a few miles if weather is warm.(no need to shut engine off)
Also my car has mild mods such as lower grille block,smooth wheel covers,a bit of lowering in the front,passenger mirror folded,hood gaps "sealed" with foam strips and I carry a heavy tool box in the trunk (less than 100 LBS) which contrary to general consensus I believe it helps on the highway keeping momentum.
I don't know how much all these mods help but that's what I got going on.
Oh yes and I don't use A/C unless really necessary. I run with the driver side windows about a couple inches down!
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage DE 1.2 manual: 66.3 mpg (US) ... 28.2 km/L ... 3.5 L/100 km ... 79.7 mpg (Imp)