Driving barefoot.

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This is a rare non-Mozilla posting but worthy enough to share (IMO anyways).

I’m a Mac toting, blue leaning, carpool-loving Prius driver and tend to average about 47.1 mpg on my commute from “outer” East Bay (Pleasanton/Dublin). However, the past week’s weather has been much warmer and I’ve been driving mostly barefoot.

I was surprised to see that after a week of driving with bare feet, my mpg had jumped to 48.5!

To make sure this wasn’t some fluke, I reset the trip computer this morning and by the time I got into MoCo, I had hit 53.4mpg, an all time new high for me!

I even have proof -

My mpg.

Sweet.  No more shoes for me.

Categories: Non Work

4 responses

  1. Rochelle wrote on :

    Awesome gas mileage! So far in my Prius I’m getting about 46 mpg but I’m in a lot of stop and go traffic. I will definitely try going shoe-less – I think that may allow you to have a “softer” foot and accelerate and decelerate more gradually. I love my car and I’m glad we’re both saving the planet a little bit!

  2. Eric Shepherd wrote on :

    Clearly losing the added weight of the shoes madea difference!

  3. David Naylor wrote on :

    hmmm…. you don’t think it could be due to the warmer air…? Or are you guys trying to be funny? In that case :D

  4. David Naylor wrote on :

    You should try driving in your underware only! :P