Ideally, you want to avoid the Drive Thru at fast food restaurants when you are a HM. This is mainly due to the long lines that can occur, and the gas-wasting that goes on as you wait in those lines. Some hypermilers turn their engines off in Drive Thru's as they wait, and ALSO at stop lights, which I will get to in a bit. This is effective at saving gas, but it will hurt your alternator and many other parts of the car if you are stopping and starting your car 3-5 times per trip. SOO there are two rules to hypermiling that CAN reduce gas that I have learned. Bonus is, that these can both be done at any time going through the drive thru.
1. Go inside. I know, there's sometimes annoying high schoolers in there, especially for me at my local taco bell. Just ignore them, get your food, and get out.
2. If you JUST GOTTA DRIVE THRU THE DRIVE THRU, make sure when you move up in line that you don't accelerate. simply idle by taking your foot off the break, no one's in a rush here. Doing this, especially if you eat out a few times a week, will reduce your gas usage, and make you a TRUE HYPERMILER!
more to come...../^^\
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