You might also see this referred to as ’stop shutdown’, ’stop light shutdown’, or ‘SLSD’.  Most of us have seen a version of this technique… when you are at a railroad crossing and you can see that the train will be passing for several minutes many people will turn their car off.  Hypermilers do this [...]

Every hypermiler probably has a different technique for pulsing and gliding, but each of them shares at least some methods in common.
First, like this post from last year about the pulse and glide hypermiling technique from MetroMPG.com, we begin with a disclaimer,
Upfront, any discussion of pulse & glide (P&G) almost always includes a disclaimer that [...]

You can calculate your vehicle’s MPG in just 4 steps by:
Step 1. Filling the vehicle’s gas tank completely and writing down the vehicle’s odometer reading (mileage).
Example: The last time the tank was filled, the odometer reading was 32,645.1 miles.
Step 2. When it’s time to refuel, filling the tank completely and writing down the [...]