Pulse and Glide...

***Don't try this at home. This is only experimental. You may cause an accident or traffic problems. ***(Geez, I don't even know why I have to post caution, I think i'll get sued by idiots with no brains)***




Increase MPG on any car now! (I guarantee it)


Want to increase your MPG on pretty much any car? I'll tell you how. But first my story.

I drive a 2008 Mazda 3. I get approximately 24 MPG. Anything I have tried, the MPG has not budged a bit. Since, I started using the ?pulse and glide? technique I'm getting 30 MPG in the city and 37-40 MPG on the freeway. But how?

Simple, let's start with the basics first and then I'll talk technique.

When you drive, close all windows. A/C is better for MPG then open windows.
Accelerate slowly, and brake less often. Lead foot driving really screws with your MPG.

PULSE AND GLIDE:

What is it? Simple!

If the speed limit is 65 MPH, you slowly accelerate your car to approxiamtely 75 MPH, then put your car in neutral and let your car glide down to 55 MPH. Once you get to 55 MPH, put your car in Drive and slow accelerate to 75 MPH again. Once you reach 75 MPH, put your car back in Neutral. That's it.

You then get more sophisticated, if you have hilly roads, time your acceleration so you will slowly accelerate to about 10 MPH above the speed limit and put your car in Neutral as your going down and let your car glide to 10 MPH below the speed limit.

Time it for Hills, off ramps and traffic. If traffic ahead of you is slowing down, put your car in neutral and coast down without hitting the breaks often.



This all sounds crazy until you try it for yourself. I didn't believe it either, but I tried it on my Mazda which gets 24 MPG average and I get approximately 37 MPG on HILLY, CURVY roads. On straight roads I get 40 MPG.

If you have a hybrid, this technique will make your MPG DOUBLE.