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Originally Posted by RicksVue
Thanks for the welcome, it's appreciated.
I had an interesting drive today to work - my commute is rather a short one (less than four miles each way) with speed bumps, stop signs, and a traffic light all causing a lot of slowing then accelerating. I've been doing barely 20 MPG on that drive. Yesterday on the Saturnfans board I read a message suggesting that babying the Vue's system (slow acceleration, avoiding braking, etc.) would actually hurt the performance. So, today's drive was more aggressive on the gas and brakes and the mileage went up to 22 MPG! Now, measuring such short trips isn't quite repeatable but it'll be interesting to see how this stands up.
It's very odd tromping on the gas to save fuel, but I guess that gives the boost system the chance to get you more quickly out of the lower, less-efficient gears.
-Rick
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Sounds like you might have read my post.
Constant coddling of the system, especially if you're doing city driving, will end up decreasing FE. The battery will end up getting depleted as it won't have enough opportunities to charge. So you not only lose out on what small boost you get from the electric motor, you're also paying th price for charging the battery from the engine as well.
The VUE GL does best when it's cruising. The faster you can get up to cruising speed the better off you are. Of course, you can't floor it either.
I've been trying to figure out the right amount of acceleration, but my commute doesn't have much in the way of stop and go city driving.
I've also read that people who have installed the K&N cold intake system have seen performance improvements both in HP and MPG. However, that needs more investigating.
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