What Will be the Highest Number at the MPG Challenge?

Wayne, I would be glad to offer my car and/or myself to going on a run that more accurately reflect something that you, I, or another hypermiler would put together. Perhaps even something with the same 30 mile distance. I'm not sure what your duties are but IIRC I'm not scheduled for anything until 2-4 and you are speaking at 3:00 pm. I'll bring my extension cord and maybe I could even find a plug at the hotel to plug in the EBH.

 

Wayne -- I guess I was trying to hint that it sounds like
this year you're sort of putting together your own course,
for the clinics, and hopefully you'll be able to pull some
numbers out of that and have *other* people pull numbers
out of that, to match up against the "official" course
results, and that might add some nice perspective to all
the discussion. As you say, there's probably going to be
a whole range available, from "i did okay" to "WTF". I'm
hoping for some decent results on my trip out, for example,
and contrast that with bunches of other Prius drivers out
on the forums who are going "51 mpg! This is great!" and
flat-out disbelieving that anyone can get near 60 on the
interstates over the long haul...
.
Has there been any dialog with Eric/Brad/Linda about at
least noting results from the clinics and other "external"
events? [Of course they're probably reading all this too]
.
Another side of the "perfect" course is that with the skills
that some of the folks here have developed, if *everyone*
comes back showing 99.9 on a Prius and didn't run with a
scangauge, how do you score?
.
_H*

 

You had me laughing SO hard today! I was running some errands, and the usual pickup was mashed up against my rear bumper. A Chevy thingy (Silverado maybe?); I spent a lot of time looking at the emblem. Occasionally it would drop back a few feet and I'd get a glimpse of the blonde driving it. Yep that's real world!
Sorry, don't mean to divert the thread.

 

To be honest, the route is set up to make an enjoyable ride and to keep the number of turns reasonable. Most participants go without a navigator, so the less complex the course better. That said, we want to provide signage, so that limits us as well. Ever try to get official permission to put signage on a US Highway or State Highway? How about the interstate? Good luck my friend. So that leaves us with secondary and county roads. It's a much easier permitting process for these roads.

So it's not so much about tying to provide city, highway and every aspect of possible driving environments. Instead it's a combination of what is fun, shows you a little of Wisconsin scenery, and what is the least hassle to set up.

There is a maximum time factor added in this year, just to try to keep things a least a little closer to real world. So that should keep the extremely slow driving to a minimum.

We always talk about how it will never please everyone. And that's o.k. We do our best and we are always open to feedback, ideas, and anyone who wants to join us in planning this part of the event next year.

We will definitely share the results and have them on display at the event. And anyone who is willing to post them here on CleanMPG, just let us know.

 

I declare my poll bogus - did not know the route changes.

 

I know it will be different, so it seems all bets are off.

My suggestion for anyone doing the MPG Challenge is the closer to 5pm you drive, the more traffic and more chance of it hurting your results.

 

I would not say the poll is bogus.

I'm sure the route will be more similar to last year than different

Time limit will be similar to what it took the majority of people to finish the course last year.

As far as increased traffic; what's wrong with a little slow traffic?

 

Last year I did not do P&G, so I expect this year for a big improvement.

 

How about us Can-View users? Do we have to use the SG-IIs?

 

I believe the Can-View can go as high as 255mpg. I don't think we will get that high in the Prius.

 

So everyone is going to have to use a SG-II? I was hoping to record the Can-View data with my PC.

 

Hi All

Just read this thread and from what hear, the course should be perfect, but has a reasonable time limit. Am I hearing FASing, P&G, and all the techniques we've learned is permitted? Do we have to start with a cold engine? That would be hard for us sharing a vehicle.

At any rate, it all should be fun and give us another chance to break our own records and learn a few things. I just hope the weather is cool so I don't have to run the A/C! I know the battery will most likely call on the compressor during my drive, it always does here in Jupiter FL.

GaryG

 

They are if I have to use a ScanGauge. I accept that they're trying to level the playing field, and that I might have to use one if results >99.9 MPG are to be accepted. But to say every tool is fair game is not quite accurate.

I'm with TheForce; I also was hoping to log data (if I can get data capture working).

 

Let me ask this for can view users, will we have access to your OBDII port?