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

[@davidmartin4216]

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

[@NoName-ml5yk]

lol

[@williamkinney427]

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.

[@jburdman7]

Media people have to pass a test which limits participation to giggly cheeerleaders more concerned with what other people think of them and conforming to be a mindless drone than with facts or thought.

[@pleasedontwatchthese9593]

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.

[@nego1erry]

On my case i was getting 26mpg on a NA 2L engine. Drive at 40 mph. Once just to gwt fun i decide to reach 60mph or a little above. I arrive home with 31 MPG. That day i discover brake specific fuel consuption is the real enemy and not the fuel economy. Turns out that i did this for two weeks and i discover that at some point when i took my feet from the throttle at 60 mph the car wouldn't slow down faster (Or literally wouldn't slow down unless I press the brakes) on 5th gear. Or the uphill was to high (But even with this inwould get slow down back to 40 which is the speed allowed for that area) My long range fuel consumption pass from 22.5 up to 29. Since then I don't drive slower unless there's a lot of traffic.

[@circletech7745]

I would argue that it's not safe to drive like this. Driving slower and at a lower speed is counter to most drivers so this will substantially increase your risk of an accident. It's better to drive the speed limit like a normal person but follow the rest of the tips here.

[@cochisenahuh7939]

Hypermiling is a game i like to play

[@mattybyzf]

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.

[@wailingalen]

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

[@8307c4]

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.

[@magicunicorn6535]

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?

[@iswimslow4]

never heard of free water and air. here in south florida they make you change money into quarters (which gas stations might not have or want to exchange) to use the air pump

[@youtuberogu9935]

Only on California, it's mandatory.

[@jpscharged]

​​​@@youtuberogu9935as is reflected in gas cost to the consumer no doubt. It's incredibly rare a law from Crazyfornia makes any sense for the consumer. Even if that consumer is a former homeless person trying to dig out of a hole and can't because inflation......bunch a hwhite people trying to feel better about their miserable upper middle class lives by being patronizing to those less fourtunate than you, ironically the same ones you are trying to feel better about saving. What a f'n joke. Can't get one exit down the highway without being over ran by a 10" lifted truck with a Green New Deal trillion dollar fund project supporter wife in tow, probably pretending to be a wife to someone that needs therapy and codependent Greenie can't get by without disfunction herself.

[@cmndrkool321]

Depends on where you live. It’s not mandatory in Michigan, but where I live there is a chain of gas stations that offer free air.

[@Jose-mq8os]

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

[@jasondelarosa5457]

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.

[@MatiKosa]

I did a lot of tests by myself, I tried almost evrrything. The #1 thing by far is engine braking. Imagine you have brake system failure, what do you do? You drive cautiously, you need to anticipate everything that's happening on the road. Try to never come to a full stop, getting a stationary car into a move is a big task, it's much easier to keep it going. All the rest (A/C, windows, tires, additional weight) are also somewhat important, but nowhere as near as the above.

[@CarlUsana-o3l]

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 :)

[@kaikart123]

bruh 20km/L is not that great for a streamline hybrid like the Insight. With my 2019 Toyota Calya with AC off I could get 22km/L.

[@CarlUsana-o3l]

@@kaikart123 But that's mostly highway cruising right. Insight is just a low cost mild Hybrid, mine is 11 years old now. I'm in a big City in Malaysia and heavy traffic during peak hours. Still 20km/L is the benchmark for our market only a smaller segment ICE car of 800kg kerb weight, 1.0L engine can hit this number, & Insight is 1200kg+ So ICE cars not possible achieve 20km/L in city unless 90% highways

[@kaikart123]

@@CarlUsana-o3l no AC city consumption is 13 to 14 km/l for mine, also only 35 psi pressure, I might try 37 later and see if it would change anything. This car could move 7 people including the driver, with the fuel consumption, it is very efficient if we count per person.

[@hemiplow1297]

Honda insight hybrid system is very outdated a Camry hybrid or Prius is way better

[@CarlUsana-o3l]

@hemiplow1297 ya but the curent i-MMD system is much more advanced, very efficient and competitive too. The Civic eHEV and others

[@TheAsjdj]

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.

[@henriekids876]

This guy is the definition of a California roll

[@fe2nq]

I have the same vehicle as the man in the video. And to learn a couple things just watching this video from that man. Americans need to realize they need to stop being in a hurry. Our lives are all over with before we know it. Slow down and enjoy a little bit.

[@danabe3220]

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.

[@TaylorPhase]

Range still matters

[@NoName-ml5yk]

🤣

[@SenhasSenara]

@@TaylorPhaseoh please, who the hell drives 300+ miles on the trot on a regular basis?

[@TaylorPhase]

@@SenhasSenara me

[@SenhasSenara]

@@TaylorPhase damn, well you are most certainly an outlier and 99% of ppl don’t relate to ur situation. EVs aren’t for you, but eh for most of us they make decent sense

[@geraldwalsh6489]

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

[@georgew4629]

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

[@aerohk]

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

[@jpscharged]

Big trucks over take you because of amazon prime 2-day delivery entitling everyone to zero patients culture ultimately resulting in the decline of human existence. As a friend of a trucker I can say truckers don't care about mpg at all. It's about time and distance for package. The premium for time far outweighs fuel costs for truckers. That requires patience on the consumer. The consumer is killing themselves and the only vent they have unfortunately is road rage. Hard ask for patience from that crowd understandably.

[@goodknight5861]

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

[@linkskywalker5417]

1 liter is tiny, which makes even €2.30 per liter cheap for such a small amount. 4 liters (about 1 gallon), however... Now that's expensive at €9.20

[@traesvision529]

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

[@alexmason2763]

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

[@BFRIZZLE909]

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.

[@youtuberogu9935]

Yeah the extra 12 minutes you save driving 100 miles at 75 instead of 65, extra 9.5 minutes if driving 85 in 75.

[@keithm9563]

Lol… ever notice the cars that come up behind you at the traffic lights? You’d be surprised with all that overtaking

[@gusgiesel]

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.

[@andikappradana]

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

[@maphesto]

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.

[@georgew4629]

Got 61mpg in my tuscon hybrid.

[@Fastxfords99]

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

[@benkenny3220]

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.

[@ashupashu5559]

maybe if you drive long distances

[@jojothetasmaniansassmonkey8866]

There have been several studies on the matter, if you want to look into it further. If I recall correctly, on the average distance commute, the amount of time saved by going 10mph over is pretty minuscule. Only around a minute or two, if I recall correctly.

[@frombigisland5229]

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

[@billjones5391]

Wayne always follows all local traffic laws. His next conveyance will ne a 3 wheel bicycle with a flag on a tall fiberglass pole. I hear women throw underwear at Wayne like Tom Jones. Pure savage party animal.

[@jolo170]

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

[@marvin2678]

you mean follow the rules ?

[@jojothetasmaniansassmonkey8866]

Speeding on an average distance commune of under 50 miles typically only saves a couple minutes, at most.

[@hi-lx7wr]

@@jojothetasmaniansassmonkey8866 unless your going 1mph faster than the speed limit, you can cut down 50-80 mile commute by half an hour

[@charlesyoung9980]

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

[@herculesbrofister265]

lies. people with poor emotion control are. nobody can "make" you mad, you have to allow yourself to become mad.

[@WookieSenshi]

Grown adults with toddler mindsets are the #1 cause of road rage.

[@georgew4629]

Awwww....poor little karen. Stay out of the right lane

[@jpscharged]

​​@@herculesbrofister265you know I don't get emotional. I just turn my washer fluid on spraying dirty water over my dirty car ending up on your "following too closely car" getting that clean car wash all jacked up on a friday night. I don't do it because I'm mad at you. I do it for your own safety and the kid I can see in your front seat that is too young to be there.

[@jpscharged]

​@@WookieSenshifollowing too closely to someone while being completely unaware of the danger to the person you could hit that you are hypermilling "aka following illegally too closly" too is a sign that you are immensely stupid or you are just a sociopath.

[@egeayvala1799]

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

[@4selfimprovement]

Better game than playing bingo

[@fgonzalez78959]

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

[@kaikart123]

Yep, 60 is the sweet spot

[@nunyabizness690]

Sitting in the middle lane forcing other cars to undertake

[@EdwardConnors]

I never go over 68 mph!

[@chrisdeguzman7795]

Get a bicycle😂

[@jpscharged]

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.

[@tillaryauto]

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

[@ilhuicatlamatini]

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.

[@randomdriving344]

That's plug in hybrid 😂😂😂 clasic cheating

[@trynoepic7313]

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

[@joshuamast5128]

The speed limit is the legal limit going over it is breaking the law

[@trynoepic7313]

@@joshuamast5128 and tale gating a 18 wheeler big rig is about the stupidest things you can do. All driving hand books say to go with the flow of traffic while on a highway not doing so is a huge safety hazard for yourself and others

[@georgew4629]

The problem are the speeders and the speed limit.

[@trynoepic7313]

@@georgew4629 I do agree that some people do take the speed limit as a challenge. but it’s also very easy to see the flow of traffic. Drafting just doesn’t work on big rigs works on other cars as well.

[@miyakogfl]

Yeah I drive normally and I got a hybrid, I get 40+ mpg most days just without even doing anything unusual (I do minimize ac/heat usage tho). That's good enough for me. Past a point the benefits aren't quite as noticeable anyway. Going around town I often get 50+ just going with the flow of traffic. Most gas cars are probably half that or so, so I am still saving a lot. When the electric engine is more charged up it goes up even more than that but if I relied on trying to charge it/baby it all the time I'd be messing with traffic too much to be safe.

[@0doubledseven589]

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.

[@notjamesiha]

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

[@gusgiesel]

I will comment... Google "NFG" and you will see that it means many different things.

[@hampoon]

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.

[@mitchgarbeno3788]

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

[@BayAreaLive]

Fr, like these mfs gonna do it from now on 😂 it’s hilarious watching them. It’s now my favorite comedy