Don't buy a new car to save on gas, just get some new skills

Take a few pages from the hypermiler's playbook to improve the MPG on the car you already own.

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[christopher.]

Dude is driving a truck with over 200k miles and I am pretty sure wearing a Rolex. Legend

[azizbass]

If only the living Legend Brian Cooley would make more videos more frequently come on CNET bring back on cars.

[abdullah]

I grew up with his car views and weekly videos. God what happened. Such a legend.

[CannonKnight]

He forgot to add drive one foot behind a semi trailer. No hypermiling guts, no hypermiling glory.

[bmwloco]

"Ride Ahead" is what every motorcyclist should know. It'll save your bacon.

[jdesigns]

By far the best ‘how to save fuel’ video I have ever seen. This is all grounded in real physics and not mentioning irrelevant non-true information.

[Stexen]

Good rule of thumb, if you're having fun, you're wasting gas!

[edmccall]

In an old VW repair book, the author called braking “negative acceleration”, and said to brake only when necessary. He felt that it would help keep your VW, or any vehicle alive.

[foadrightnow]

Glad to see Cooley doing videos more frequently! Still, it would be nice if they brought back Cooley On Cars!

[redoakranch]

Speed is huge on my 2016 Outback, 40mpg at 50mph, 34mpg at 65mph and 24mpg at 80mph.

[Kerleem]

Cooley going full dad mode in this one! Love it!!

[bigcjm]

My main reason for moving from a older vehicle would be safety. At the end of the day saving a couple thousand dollars is of no value if a 2020 truck would drastically increase my survival in a wreck vs an 1990 truck. Even if it prevents a hospitalization it's worth it.

[miangel]

Cooley is my clickbait!!!
Keep’em coming 👍🏽

[paspitale]

Great tips. You’ve given me something to think about. Another good one is to work remote if you can. That’s a huge gas saver.

[scottfurlong]

This is probably the most extensive list of things I'm going to ignore. I love the way it was presented. The older I get and the more expensive fuel gets the less of this I will ignore.

[ErikTheVikingMechanic]

I've doing it recently with my VW 1.9 TDI PD claiming 50mgp UK i always get around 55 fully loaded. Not driving like a grandma. Best I did 760 miles on 55L of fuel or 62mpg

[dangrass]

hypermiling is great, but regeneration is the bee's knees. Sadly, you need a hybrid or EV to do that. Good advice though.

[Hintonbro.]

I need a Cooley bumpersticker to tell the guy tailgating me that I am accelerating smoothly on purpose!

[ccroy]

One fun thing I did was track my MPG. I used the Fuelly app. On my old Escape I got exactly the EPA combined rating of 23mpg. I think that was good as I mostly drove short distances in the suburbs. Now I have a hybrid Fusion and I love it. Still use Fuelly but can't get the EPA 41mpg. I average 39.5

[rightlanehog]

That was an excellent summation of what is necessary to increase mpg. In terms of highway speed, I am virtually the only one on 4 lane highways in my area doing the posted speed limit of 100 kmh/62mph. By doing so I regularly exceed the official mpg numbers for my car. It is sad to say but when it comes right down to it, most people (and most State or Provincial governments) really don't care about driving efficiently. Today's posted speed limits and policed speed limits are 20-30% higher than the optimal speed limits that prevailed when your old truck was built.