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The Prius boards are filled with mileage-squeezing suggestions. Pulse and glide is very common and I have found myself doing it just out of habit in my Prius (~58 mpg in mixed commuting). I find the biggest help is to anti-tailgate so that when brake lights go on in front of me, I just coast without braking. 90% of the time, they have accelerated again before I get close enough to brake.
Drafting behind a truck is a great way to get 100 mpg for 5 minutes until you die. Not for me. Tire pressure - for me the trick is to keep it at, not below, recommended. I might push it a pound or two before a long trip, but find that the safety, comfort, mileage thing has been pretty much balanced in the recommended pressures.
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Rich
Tampa, FL (ESR-bound. Really. I mean it. Seriously.)
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