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Save Real Money on Gas by Taking Tips from Hypermilers

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Hypermiling isn’t just for the hybrid crowd. You can use the techniques to slash fuel consumption on your gas-engine car too.

When gas is cheap, few of us sweat getting maximum MPG. But that quickly changes when prices soar. While some people react by shopping for a more fuel efficient car (that takes many years to pay for with fuel savings), a more rational approach is to steal a few pages from the hypermiler’s playbook.

These are the techniques that hardcore fuel economy seekers have used for years to approach triple digit MPG. Some of their techniques are either risky or mostly relevant to hybrids, but the ones I summarize below are sound and can be used the next time you get into the gas-engine car you already drive.

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Jul 4, 2021Janice
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