Get a ScanGuage2 and you can see if you are doing the right or wrong thing..
My 6-speed AT does pretty good.. (2009 Ford Escape 2.5L)
I just have to keep speed down and it does very well.
On a flat road, it can get about 40 MPG at 40 MPH..
The AFE displayed was the average fuel efficiency for that trip (on US-95).
If I'm going fast, or going down a hill and let my foot off the gas,
the engine will go into fuel-cut-off mode. But staying under the speed limit
does the most for saving fuel.
Second on the list is keeping some good pressure in the tires.
It makes for a bumpy ride sometimes, but a little extra PSI helps
with MPG & handling.
For me, messing around with advanced Hypermiling techniques isn't going to save a lot more fuel..
If what we see on the news is true, we will all be saving more soon.
Because we will be cutting way back on the miles we drive.
My guess is $6 by the end of August. I'll revise that if things change,
and we can jump out of the hand-basket.