"Hyper-miler" shares secrets on getting the most out of a gallon of gas 

Don't do a piece on how to save fuel if your anchors are going to laugh at it afterward.

Hey Y'all......The skilled driver in this video, Wayne Gerdes, is a long time friend of mine. He is the #1 fuel economy driver in the U.S. There is a very large, extensive envelope of techniques Wayne teaches and uses.....not just driving slow. It takes quite a bit of time to learn these things, and to make them your habit. Wayne is an extremely safe and alert driver. Often these press and media people try to sensationalize and exaggerate, making it look extreme or unsafe. But actually a well trained, experienced hypermiler is a smart, alert, safe and efficient driver.

I experimented with hypermiling and my conclusions came out mixed. it has dimension returns the more mpg you get. So from 20 to 30 mpg is a lot bigger than from 40 to 50. I also find that getting the best mpg numbers don't always mean saving the most gas. Sometimes there are shorter paths that have more stop and go but saves more than the longer path that has less stops. I also find being aggressive in certain key areas to skip long lines or go around them can help. I think to a normal person the best tips (which they said in the video) are keeping tires inflated, remove extreme stuff from the insides and outside of your car, and try and use your brakes less, don't go so fast that you need them all the time and coast as much as you can.

Hypermiling is a game i like to play

That's lady says she doesn't like getting passed on the highway... shows you where her priorities lie...

The two most efficient methods I have found are a light foot on the throttle and stop anticipation (aka driving with load, coasting as much as possible) and just plain studying one's driving habits... An actual fuel mileage gauge helps a ton.

I tried it out on my 20 year old Kia Optima. All summer long I was averaging between 30 and 31mpg. The window sticker says 24 city/29 highway.

I normally drive about 72 mph, but lately have been allowing more time to get where I'm going, and driving 60 instead. Meanwhile, keeping the optimum tire pressure is difficult these days. Many gas stations offer no air, or their pumps are broken. The ones that have it make you pay for it, and the pump always seems to shut down after just 2 or 3 tires. Isn't it supposed to be mandatory that gas stations offer FREE air and water to their customers?

Also,Dipetane added to the fuel tank improves mpg by at least 12 percent. Dipetane is manufactured here in Ireland

Its very hard to draft a 18 wheeler unless they know your there. The torque advantage the truck has causes a lot of surging that is hard to match to stay in draft and negates the benefit. Drafting is always a dangerous place only to be undertaken under most ideal conditions. I've gotten 50 mpg in a Honda Fit one time going to LA to Las Vegas using every trick in the book. Light traffic helped, drafting a bit, tailwind, 65 mph max speed, variable speed climbing from 45-55 mph, single occupant, no a/c, turtle acceleration and resulted in 30+ min of additional time. Normally I get 36 mpg going 65-70 mph but, recently been hypermiling again and getting 37.5 with 50/50 city/highway. When you do the math, speed has little effect on duration of trips. Before I started hypermiling would get 29-31.5 in the city now I can get beyond the highway MPG in the city. I can't hypermile with people in the car, they will think i'm crazy but, a rule of thumb is 5-10 mph under the speed limit tends to be optimal for MPG.

Trafic laws are so weird. If the sign says 55 on a highway then you drive 55 and not 60-70. So weird to see people driving 15 over the speed limit.

I saved so much money hypermiling my gas car I was able to buy a Tesla. Now I don't worry about hypermiling as much anymore although I still so.

Hyper-miler checking in from SEA. Still chilling in my 2013 Honda Insight Hybrid. 40psi typre pressures, air con off while driving when it's not that hot (tropical climate). Pulse & glide technique catered for Honda IMA or smooth anticipation driving style ✊😎💙 Mixed driving 20km/L+ from old tech mild hybrid :)

Imagine a world where every driver allows time to reach their destination, a world where every driver is willing to share the road, a world where public roads are not used like personal racetracks. Gasoline demand would plummet, so would GAS PRICES 😊 Unfortunately, the mental & emotional health of the average American has seen far better days. We can do better.

In the Netherlands we pay : €2,30 per litre ...

why big trucks overtake you, you know things are bad.

Nowadays drivers were mostly the kids who spent their time playing Need For Speed

I always love when they start a news segment with a song with lyrics related to the report subject

I hit cruise control at 66-69 mph on 60-65 speed limit highways. The fuel consumption is noticible between 75 and 66 mph.

He's driving a prius prime.. I have a prius prime... its not that difficult or critical to get 85-100mpg....

At some point, the MPG savings isn't worth it. Your time costs more than the gas you're saving. Just gotta find where that is.

Driving behind big rigs only works if you get dangerously close, it cam actually DECREASE gas mileage if you drive behind them in the wrong spot.

Right lane is the SLOW lane. No reason to be going 70

I can't buy back the time wasted, I'd rather spend it with my kids. I know the gas prices are outrageous, then I'm not going to sit on the road with people like this any longer.

Got 61mpg in my tuscon hybrid.

He’s a Champ ‘ a fine tuned machine ,, Wayne’s an Animal 🦔 I bet he sure likes too party with the Wal-Mart Greeters

My 07 MDX is rate 19 city/21 hwy. I’ve been averaging 25mpg combined and have gotten up to 30.1 mpg on a 27 mile drive from Williams to Flagstaff with the wind behind me. On the highway slowly go up hills. Follow a semi like 200 ft away so the cars behind you know they’re gonna have to get over anyway. Do about 60-65 miles and hour. The secret is to NOT use cruise control. It will down shift when it needs to causing a lot of wasted gas to save mere minutes on a 2hr drive. Then when going down hill pump it up to 70-75miles and hour and for a really steep hill throw it in neutral.

Sitting in the middle lane forcing other cars to undertake

i mean like if im planning a 600km trip in one direction well to be honest i would go at 4 am to save a couple of bucks for 5 star dinner

This is how you drive when you have more time than money.

Better game than playing bingo

I never go over 68 mph!

75 mph on roads with not much traffic..yeah it's so people can burn more gas..I love to go 60-65

Hold up…. So this is why some cars follow me while I’m in the big rig??? 😂😂😂

No scrubs either. $5 a week to get transported to school wasn't unfair to ask. My time ain't free. I have to get up earlier too. All these muches now live by this priciple themselves in their 40's and still think I was cheap back then. I wasn't cheap I was just your mentor. Now your kids can go to college without debt like yourselves. No good deed goes unpunished.

Tip: You can buy a lot of gasoline for the price of a new car after your current one gets totaled because you were going 25 mph less than everyone else on the freeway and someone inevitably rear-ends you.

On a side note, Hyper-Milers are the #1 cause of road rage.

Yeah, no. Not doing this. Rather drive “normally” aka as safely and efficiently as possible to get what I need done and then go home without adding stress of all this hypermiling mess lol. People honking at him cuz he’s f*cking up traffic flow and probably gonna cause an accident like that, not cuz they just don’t get him lol.

Get a bicycle😂

If I were him I better not drive this will save a lot money

Really dangerous is what this is. i mean really dangerous you're supposed to go with the flow of traffic. THE GAS IS NOT WORTH YOUR LIFE. focus on driving and not saving gas please no more crosses on the side of the highway

Anyone going to comment on the NFG sticker on the luggage?

That's plug in hybrid 😂😂😂 clasic cheating

I found that when gas companies are allowed to drill in the US, the people are happier, there is less cost at the pumps, and less depression.

😂🤣GTFOH - once again the media and others are completely out of touch with reality.