# Hypermiler roll call!

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hypermiler-roll-call/30123>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [May 30, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hypermiler-roll-call/30123 "2007-05-30T12:57:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hypermiler-roll-call/30123/1 "2007-05-30T12:57:17Z")

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Anyone? Noone? Beuler? Didn’t think so.

[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18923454/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18923454/)

> Wayne Gerdes, who runs a Web site dedicated to high mileage ([www.cleanmpg.com](http://www.cleanmpg.com)) and claims to have coined the term hypermiling, lists a variety of other techniques:  
> \<LI class=textBodyBlack nd=“11”\>Parking on the highest point of a lot, facing toward the exit, in order to let gravity do the work of getting the car moving.
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> - Drafting off the rear right corner of a tractor-trailer to reduce wind resistance while still allowing the rig’s driver to see you. Gerdes recommends following the truck at a gap of about one second…

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**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hypermiler-roll-call/30123/2 "2007-06-01T00:00:26Z")

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60+MPG eh? I get 16… and i dont care…

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**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hypermiler-roll-call/30123/3 "2007-06-01T04:07:50Z")

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60+MPG eh? I get 16… and i dont care…

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Sounds like you have a problem.

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**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hypermiler-roll-call/30123/4 "2007-06-01T05:19:18Z")

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Drafting tractor trailers is great for long distance hauls where you can actually see a difference in mpg. For everyday commuting it may be a bit ridiculous.