If you want to save cash on gas, take some tips from America's fuel-efficiency freaks
Source: Business Insider ·
Meet America's hypermilers, drivers who are obsessed with saving every drop of gas and boosting their miles-per-gallon stats.
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Paul Westbrook/Enerjazz; Hadi Ahmad; Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/BIDave Castino has tracked his fuel economy across all 43,497 miles he's driven in his 2021 Mazda3 over the past three years. He averages 39.4 miles per gallon — 46% better than the Environmental Protection Agency's combined estimate for the car — and has topped out at 45.6 mpg on a tank of gas. Fuelio, the app he uses to track his gas mileage, shows a steep drop on December 12 of last year — the day he got new tires. They're great for the winter weather in Indianapolis, but they've resulted in a 10% decrease in fuel economy. Still, he's never had a tank fall below the EPA's rating.The 37-year-old father of two recognizes this can sound tedious, but it's actually a way for him to manage the tedium of his commute. The 38-mile drive each way is pretty boring, and tracking his gas mileage is a weird, secret little game that keeps him entertained."If I'm going to be in the car two hours a day, four days a week, it gives me…
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