Apropos in this era of $4.00+ gasoline, I was listening to a radio spot about a fellow who has perfected a fuel-maximizing technique called "hypermiling". Legend has it he actually drove from Chicago to New York in his Prius on a single tank of gas. Some of his techniques are a little unorthodox (read: unsafe) -- for instance I wouldn't try "drafting" semis to reduce the wind resistance on your car, but some are very easily implementable with a little thought and effort. Try Googling the term "hypermiling" and you'll get links to a bunch of literature on the subject. Here's one story outlining some techniques that I hope you'll find useful...
http://www.wisebread.com/maximize-your-cars-efficiency-with-hypermiling
Just trying to assuage my guilt from watching hours of gratuitous gas consumption at the Indy 500 this weekend. Wait, those cars use ethanol now. Nevermind.
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