Re: Pulse and Glide
What kind of acceleration do you guys use when pulsing? I assume you're not flooring it, so what do you use as a guide to maximize your mpg? Do you adhere to a max rpm, max mpg reading, etc.?
I'm not so comfortable turning the car off for that time - switching to neutral is iffy enough for me so I do that on downhills and long flats/downward slopes. It seems to help a little but if I'm not doing it constantly I suppose it won't have a big impact. I commute 80 miles on mostly vacant freeway so I could do it if I wanted to concentrate that much, but frankly at 160 miles a day, I'd sort of rather veg out. I've been averaging 42mpg overall with my mileage split about 90% cruise control at 75mph and 10% city and hill coasting.
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