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Old 08-24-2009, 03:59 PM   #4 (permalink)
Clev
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Originally Posted by wagonman76 View Post
I would think that slightly rolling would be better. Be able to keep it in high gear. Long downhills are nice, but I don't gain what I would lose climbing the steep hill.

Others may have different results.
No, I think you have it. My nightly climb is to 4,675 feet over 14.7 miles. I never get it all back on the downhill, as my best tank (climbing the mountain only once) in the Saturn was 1.29 mpg higher than my best effort tank with the nightly climb.
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