Frank mentioned this method of driving a while ago....so had a go. Sort of concluded my mpg drive and drift check. Had to cut it short due to engine problems (dying at 4k) Anyways, certainly got some decent figures out of it, around the 70/73 mpg mark and I think that could be improved on!, all around town as well, pretty impressed with that.
However, boring as tit doing it, trying to get the last bit of drift out of her, cars in front cocking up your drift by turning right, or emmets braking for no good reason! Certainly may try again in the Autumn/winter when all the visitors are gone, and the schools have broken up (bloody school runs)
My conclusion would be, there is a case for this sort of driving, but not to the level that I was doing it, I reckon anything where you can drift for a third to half a mile is well worth the savings. Also, when drifting to a junction and you have to stop for traffic, your engine isn't running, another saver. I have also been looking at the routes I take to go here and there, finding that some times its better to take a longer route on which I can drift as opposed to a shorter trip with no drift possibility.
I've been doing it on my delivery round as well, it has cut my miles down from 25 to 30 a day to 9 or 11 (very rural and hilly, mostly down) I now fuel up every 10 to 12 days instead of weekly .... big saver there.
All in all, yes, I will be driving this way in the future, with an occasional mad moment thrown in no doubt.
Hope that's interesting
However, boring as tit doing it, trying to get the last bit of drift out of her, cars in front cocking up your drift by turning right, or emmets braking for no good reason! Certainly may try again in the Autumn/winter when all the visitors are gone, and the schools have broken up (bloody school runs)
My conclusion would be, there is a case for this sort of driving, but not to the level that I was doing it, I reckon anything where you can drift for a third to half a mile is well worth the savings. Also, when drifting to a junction and you have to stop for traffic, your engine isn't running, another saver. I have also been looking at the routes I take to go here and there, finding that some times its better to take a longer route on which I can drift as opposed to a shorter trip with no drift possibility.
I've been doing it on my delivery round as well, it has cut my miles down from 25 to 30 a day to 9 or 11 (very rural and hilly, mostly down) I now fuel up every 10 to 12 days instead of weekly .... big saver there.
All in all, yes, I will be driving this way in the future, with an occasional mad moment thrown in no doubt.
Hope that's interesting