My personal best on my morning commute. Temp's were about 60F, and I had a small tailwind.

 

SMOKIN' !!!!!!!!!

 

Your The-Man

All Nice Pic.

Terry

 

Sweet!

 

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Nasa, Do you get better MPG going North on 85 than South?
I get ~60 going to work and ~50 coming home...

 

Yes, definitely better going North, although when I first got the car it was about 52/48 (North/South) and now it's 60/53. The Northbound commute has gotten steadily better over the last month.

 

I notice that little green AUTO STOP light right under the tach needle. I'm curious - does it come on when you glide? i.e. does it come on when the engine rotates with valves shut? What does the tach itself show in that condition?

 

I think you're in a fortunate location where the prevailing wind is mostly at your back, both ways. I'm not kidding. The thermal effects in the South Bay are such that the early morning breeze tends to be from south to north and the afternoon breeze is from north to south. It will probably be much more pronounced in the summer.

With the Pacific storms in the last 10 days or so we've had mostly southerly winds at 10-15 MPH. That is quite significant for your mileage.

 

Auto stop has never come on for me other than when I'm stopped or almost stopped. I've been able to glide for 10-20 seconds on AutoStop, with a gentle brake and a downhill slope. It's a little risky, however, because the engine kicks back on if you don't brake hard enough. And once it kicks back on, it might not go back into AutoStop right away.

I've gotten into AutoStop mode while in Neutral a few times, but only when stopped. Usually, I have to be in Drive to achieve AutoStop.