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Old 08-28-2006, 11:27 AM
Lilarienne Lilarienne is offline
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Location: CT
Hybrids: Jasper Pearl TCH (base)
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Default Re: Pulse and Glide works, But...

I agree. I feel that it is much too dangerous in the densely populated northeastern US for me to regularly keep my eyes on the guages in an attempt to "pulse and glide." I feel that my FE is certainly respectable for a vehicle this size, as I have said before. While I am more than happy to adjust my driving for maximum FE I am not willing to do anything that could potentially endanger my own life, the life/lives of my passenger(s), or the lives of any pedestrians, drivers or animals on the roadways. (FWIW this includes no drafting 18-wheelers either. If the driver can't see me in his/her mirrors then I know I'm too close for safety, and if he/she can see me then I can't possibly be drafting.)

Additionally, I have come to enjoy the much more relaxed feeling I have driving my TCH and my few attempts to intentionally "pulse and glide" have been nearly as stressful as driving in rush hour traffic used to be. If it happens without my trying, which it occasionally does, that's fine by me, but otherwise I am making no attempts to force it to happen.

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