Team-BHP - View Single Post - To save fuel, a new fad called ‘hypermiling’

jaysmokesleaves · 2nd May 2008, 10:18

I feel there may be a very small case for 'hypermiling' in India. Since this can be best achieved on a freeway where people usually stick to a set speed limit. It seems unlikely to me that this can be achieved anywhere in India!

But im sure we will hear of 60kmpl from Hyundai shortly.

I first see his technique as the car he's driving, a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid, pulls over to pick me up. Drifts over, actually, like a jellyfish. Wayne's car glides to a stop as if it has run out of gas. Wayne has stopped without braking.
The car is owned by his friend Terry Honaker, who, with his wife, Cathy, is along for the ride. Inside it's hotter and even more humid than outside. As we take off—or, more accurately, as the vehicle rolls forward really slowly—I notice that all four windows are closed and the AC is off.

I'm sitting in one of the most technologically advanced cars in the world, and it feels like I'm trapped in a fanless tollbooth in Biloxi, Mississippi, in August. We take the interstate to Wayne's house. The speed limit is 55, and most of the traffic is zipping past at 75 or so, but Wayne hovers around 50 mph.

This is certainly not my idea of driving an automobile. And doing this is certainly not going to bring oil down to 35$ a barrel. Neither is it going to get you to your destination quicker. In the age of speed, where man is trying to make processors work fast and plants grow fast, the man inside his automobile is slowing down. It would be better to take the public bus to work everyday. That way you save all your fuel money.

IMO There are many other ways to save the earth!

2nd May 2008, 10:18	#6 (permalink)
jaysmokesleaves BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mostly Mumbai Posts: 260	I feel there may be a very small case for 'hypermiling' in India. Since this can be best achieved on a freeway where people usually stick to a set speed limit. It seems unlikely to me that this can be achieved anywhere in India! But im sure we will hear of 60kmpl from Hyundai shortly. I first see his technique as the car he's driving, a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid, pulls over to pick me up. Drifts over, actually, like a jellyfish. Wayne's car glides to a stop as if it has run out of gas. Wayne has stopped without braking. The car is owned by his friend Terry Honaker, who, with his wife, Cathy, is along for the ride. Inside it's hotter and even more humid than outside. As we take off—or, more accurately, as the vehicle rolls forward really slowly—I notice that all four windows are closed and the AC is off. I'm sitting in one of the most technologically advanced cars in the world, and it feels like I'm trapped in a fanless tollbooth in Biloxi, Mississippi, in August. We take the interstate to Wayne's house. The speed limit is 55, and most of the traffic is zipping past at 75 or so, but Wayne hovers around 50 mph. This is certainly not my idea of driving an automobile. And doing this is certainly not going to bring oil down to 35$ a barrel. Neither is it going to get you to your destination quicker. In the age of speed, where man is trying to make processors work fast and plants grow fast, the man inside his automobile is slowing down. It would be better to take the public bus to work everyday. That way you save all your fuel money. IMO There are many other ways to save the earth! __________________ Truth is a grain of sand on a beach of perspective ! Last edited by Technocrat : 2nd May 2008 at 15:55.