What is Hypermiling?

There is a new E-Book on Hypermiling.

This E-Book gives simple instructions you can follow in order to maximize your vehicle’s fuel efficiency, use less gas while driving, and save money. Some of the information covered includes:

• How set up and prepare your car before you drive
• How to properly position of bicycle racks and similar items on your vehicle
• Which times of day and which traffic conditions to avoid while driving
• How to start your car
• Where and how you to best park your car
• How to run your car’s air conditioning, and what to do on hot days
• How fast you should drive for maximum fuel efficiency
• Which part of the highway to drive on
• Which weather conditions to avoid while driving
• How to accelerate and brake your car
• How to maintain your vehicle for maximum mileage
• Alternative fules
• Lifestyle Changes which can help you save gas

For more information on this E-Book, see Hypermiling and Other Gas Saving Secrets

Following are some common-sense, easy-to-follow tips in order to reduce gas costs and get the most out of the gas that you do purchase.

Different vehicles reach their optimal fuel economy at a different speeds or range of speeds. However gas mileage usually decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph.

You can safely assume that each 5 mph you drive above 60 mph adds up to an additional $0.30 per gallon for gas. So not only is observing the speed limit safer it is also more economical.

In addition to observing the speed limit, driving at an even pace also assists in fuel economy. Using cruise control can therefore also assist in keeping the miles per gallon at an optimum rate.

Idling gets zero miles per gallon. Cars with larger engines typically waste more gas at idle than do cars with smaller engines. You can therefore reduce fuel costs by avoiding excessive idling. Switch of the engine when parked and waiting to pick someone up.

Another factor which can add to additional fuel costs is rapid acceleration and breaking. This has to do with the fact that rapid acceleration generally causes a lot higher RPM in your engine and therefore consumes more fuel. Driving in a low gear and gunning the engine wastes gas and can therefore significantly add to your fuel bill.

None of the above tips may seem spectacular, they are in fact simple common sense driving techniques and easy to follow. And in addition to saving gas they are on for the most part safe driving practice.

In any event, safe driving takes priority over fuel economy. One will however find out that safe driving and fuel economy actually go hand in hand.

Global warming and environmental issues are some of the reasons for us to lower our consumption of fossil fuels. And we need to start confronting these issues before they get more out-of-hand.

But while environmentalists fight to protect the present and the future of our planet, another factor has encroached on the scene. And that factor is felt deeply and on a right-now basis, by companies, businesses, families, and every-day people.

And this is, as we all know, the sky-rocketing gas prices which have reached astronomical levels in the last several years and continue to go up.

This has put a serious economic urgency on the matter; reducing fuel consumption is no longer just about the ozone or whether or not our homes will be under water thirty years from now. Fuel consumption has begun to have a massive effect on something very near and dear to us - our wallets.

We could wryly look at this situation, and admit that it at least raises our personal necessity to emit less earth-damaging fossil fuels. But when the situation is affecting one's personal life, business, or job, that thought doesn't help much.

There are many different ideas in the works and progress has been made on different fronts - alternative fuels, hybrids, talk of electric car, and methods of converting one's car to burn water as gasoline.

But there is another more immediate remedy which just about any driver can put into action on a right-now basis. And this is "hypermiling."

What is hypermiling?

Hypermiling is a relatively new term which was coined at some point within the past few years.

Hypermiling consists of driving techniques, tweaks, tune-ups, other gas-saving tips, and even lifestyle changes that help you reduce your consumption of gasoline and get a much higher MPG (mileage per galleon of gas).

What does this mean for your budget?

Well, by using hypermiling techniqes you can dramatically reduce your fuel consumption by 25% to 40%. And with gas prices now up to $4.00 per gallon or more (and expected to rise up to $6.00 per gallon), than can make a big difference in your expenditures on fuel. People have been able to get up to 50 miles per gallon or more by using hypermiling techniques.

So, while cheap gas may be hard to come by, there are ways to improve gas mileage, and to make that gas last longer and take you further.

What does hypermiling consist of?

There are several factors. Mainly:

1. Preparations to make before you even get in your car.

2. How to start your car properly.

3. Choosing the right times of day to drive in.

4. How to handle your air conditioning and how to drive on hot days.

5. Types of weather or traffic conditions to avoid when you are driving.

6. Where and how to park your car

7. How fast you should drive for maximum fuel efficiency

8. How to properly brake and accelerate your car

9. How to properly position items such as bicycle racks on your vehicle

10. Which part of the highway to drive on

11. Lifestyle changes which will help you save money on gas.

Hypermiling and Safe Driving

Some drivers have been known to engage in unsafe and stupid practices and call it "hypermiling." This includes idiocies such as tailgating large trucks and other illegal practices which put you, your car, and other people in danger. You should never engage in unsafe driving practices for the sake of saving a few pennies or a few dollars on gasoline. A bit of money saved is poor compensation for the loss of a loved one.

But there are many hypermiling techniques which are not only safe driving practices, but in many cases are safer driving practices than usual.

The best thing about hypermiling is that it is something anyone can learn quickly and instantly apply. By learning a few hypermiling techniques you can start to save money the next time you drive. You don't have to wait till you have a hybrid or until you have converted your car to run on water. You can start saving money right now.

Hypermiling techniques are not bad for the environment, either.

You can learn hypermiling techniques and begin applying them the next time you drive. Simple get a basic E-Book such as Hypermiling and Other Gas Saving Secrets which will take you through the techniques and tips.

In the long run I think we can all agree that understanding hypermiling fully will benefit not only our wallets, but the future of our environment as well.

Not a bad subject to study!