On 28 June I went from El Paso Texas to Albq, NM 230 miles and I got 42.6 MPG! with the air on! and I was going around 77 mph. On my return trip 70 mph,I checked it again and it was 45.2, I checked it twice! US Army (Ret)

 

yep if you draft other cars and are easy on the gas, you can get pretty high numbers

 

i was trying to draft behind cars when i hit the hiway, but you cannot draft too close otherwise you'd be tailgating right? Can anyone give a guideline as far as drafting? Thanks.

 

2-3 seconds is what TxDOT says in their Driver's ED books. There is really no difference between tailgating and drafting. One is in the name of gas mileage, there other is in the name of get out of my way.

 

also in the night try not to get too close to people because you will blind them the whole way

 

2-3 secs is kinda far. would you still be saving gas that far behind? i was thinking 2 car length (1sec) space.

 

I got around the same from about that far behind. I got around 40-41. That was drving from Destin, FL to Birmingham, AL.

 

1 sec is too dangerous. Yes you still save gas when your 2-3 seconds behind another car

 

for some reason i could not post more than a sentence. 2-3 sec is like 4-6 car lengths.

 

i guess i'll settle for 3-4 car lengths. i'm too greedy to save on gas lol