HotForWords » Hypermiling http://hotforwords.com Marina Orlova - Not your typical philologist. Etymology, philology, word origins, origin of, hot teacher. Thu, 17 May 2012 01:20:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Nerd Word of the Day: Hypermiling http://hotforwords.com/2009/04/22/nerd-word-of-the-day-hypermiling/ http://hotforwords.com/2009/04/22/nerd-word-of-the-day-hypermiling/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:26:56 +0000 HotForWords http://www.hotforwords.com/?p=4143 hypermilingIn honor of today being Earth Day… today’s Nerd Word  of the Day is:

Hypermiling: the  attempt to maximize gas mileage by making fuel-conserving adjustments to one’s car and one’s driving techniques.

These adjustments include things like:

- driving without shoes (to increase the foot’s sensitivity on the pedals)
- parking so that you don’t have to back up to exit the space
- “ridge-riding” or driving with your tires lined up with the white line at the edge of the road to avoid driving through water-filled ruts in the road when it’s raining

“Hypermiling” was coined in 2004 by Wayne Gerdes and he even runs a website devoted to the practice.

They mention my favorite car on his website. (In pink please:-) )

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