Greetings All
As a quick summary I did a little better on this tank using the new tricks
http://www.spritmonitor.de/en/detail/194504.html 47.2 MPG not the 50 MPG I was hoping for but it's getting there, OOOHHH and the 4th blip went out as I turned into the gas station @ the 317.5 mark.
I have to drive NY tomorrow (well over 400 mile round trip) so I will HyperMile 100% highway tomorrow ( I expect low 40s at best) and will update tomorrow night as to those results.
A quick review of the tricks I used this tank, accelerate slowly, shift as soon as the MB computer will let you, and never down shift.
Things I learned, people don't seem to mind this car slowly accelerating (no one gave me the finger anyways), some of your worst MPG will be from highway driving, between 40-45 in 6th my trip computer was high 50's low 60's (MPG wise).
This weekend I'll be changing back to summer tires, and changing the oil. My 3rd and final installment in the HyperMile challenge will be.
Commuting on nothing but back roads, I can travel back and forth to work never needing to use the highway and most of the roads will be 40 MPH limits. This will complete the trilogy but I'm not looking forward to this.
I am NOT a morning person, this will add 15 min to my commute in each direction BUT to make the testing fair and complete a tank needs to be gone through driving in the mode that should get me well in to the 50 MPG range.
Time to program the GPS
ASM
Linear Mode
