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Old 01-02-2008, 12:00 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by basjoos View Post
The FE benefits of weight reduction are most evident in stop and go traffic and when driving up and down hills. I haven't done any weight reduction on my car...
Weight reduction is critical to the overall fleet because it will help "typical" drivers much more than it will help the tiny fraction of efficient drivers like ourselves.

We tend to DWL when cruising, and as much as possible avoid throwing away our momentum via the brake pedal/engine braking. Pretty much the opposite of the way a normal driver does things.
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