When you first start hypermiling, I find, you really wish you had someone to ride along with you to show you the ropes. Sadly, that's not yet an option for most people. Until then, we can learn from some of the best.
Darin Cosgrove's modified 1998 Pontiac gets insane gas mileage, yet still looks pretty normal.
Darin Cosgrove has been "hypermiling" since before the term was made up, and has taught me more about it than any other person. He runs a variety of websites details his projects, experiments, and thoughts, including MetroMPG.com and ForkenSwift.com. Darin is also the (other) founder of EcoModder.com.
In my mind, he's the best, so I invited him to answer a few short questions about himself and hypermiling.
Hypermiling has received a lot of attention recently, yet you have been doing it long before it became cool. So when did you first start hypermiling?
I was an efficiency nerd 15 years before there was a sexy name for it. My interest in the topic grew out of a part-time job I had teaching defensive driving when I was at university in the early 90s -- the company I worked for had "economy driving" in its curriculum. As an instructor trainee, I researched and gave a seminar on the subject to my fellow trainees, and I haven't looked back since.
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