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Old 06-23-2009, 10:58 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Smooth is smoother.

Brake cooling has to be taken into account though. Most ecodrivers don't use their brakes hard/long enough for it to be an issue though.

If you live in mountainous terrain, that may be unavoidable.
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