Sky rocketing fuel prices have brought back into favour driving techniques aimed at squeezing every last mile out of a tank of gas. The trend, called hypermiling, is seeing the average practitioner getting 20 - 30% or more miles per fill up. "It's like a videogame," hypermiler Yahya Fahimuddin says. "Can I beat my new high score?" There are a number of things that can be done to push your vehicle a little further, more than 100 according to ecomodder.com, some are common knowledge while others may push the limits of the law. I'm thinking I'll get out the tire gauge and perhaps be a little more conscious of the speed limit.
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