Best MPG with EOC & without EOC

[azraelswrd]

I don't use EOC because my Scion xA automatic can't be flat towed and the manual says don't go neutral with all 4 on the road.

2006 Scion xA 1.5L
automatic
best tank = 43mpg (no EOC)
modifications: upper grille block, fog lights blocked, antenna removed, no A/C used, windows up (HOT!!!!), tires @ 40psi

[NeilBlanchard]

Hello,

Engine off coasting is quite different from coasting in neutral with the engine idling.

I don't EOC because the one time I tried it (going extremely slowly in line at a toll booth, I dang near had to put my foot through the floor to stop before hitting the car ahead of me -- the handbrake worked MUCH better! And steering w/o the vacuum assist is no picnic either.

Before you jump to conclusions, I'm 6'-4", 245 pounds and I can carry both my kids at the same time (~190 pounds together!). I've driven several older cars that did not have this problem (1968 AMC Rebel (had manual steering and brakes), 1970 Volvo 144 (manual steering and power assist brakes), 1987 VW Golf (manual steering and power assist brakes), 1997 Plymouth Neon (power steering and power brakes), and most recently before the Scion xA, I drove a 2002 Ford Focus ZX5 (power steering and power brakes). If my memory serves me, all of these cars were much easier to drive with the engine off.

[azraelswrd]

Oops, yeah I meant I can't turn off and go neutral w/ 4 wheels on the road. I can shift into neutral while idling but I really haven't done it enough so I'm pretty much a coasting in gear when I can.

[Johnny Mullet]

I don't EOC because I must have total control of everything at all times...........

Muhahahahahhaaa!

[xbUser]

Same to u

[Z man]

'05 xB Automatic:

With EOC = 40.56 mpg

Without EOC = 39.52 mpg

There are so many other factors to this but one place I use EOC is almost 2 miles and otherwise I'd be riding the brakes completely wasting gas.

[taco]

i gained 3-5 mpg eocing, but my drive robs alot. i can coast aboutu 3 miles on two seperate occasions. before i get under the limit.

[whokilledthejams]

I EOC some on my commute. My last tank (I filled up yesterday) is my best one yet, at 35.4mpg!

Outside of my commute (which uses backroads that cut through vineyards, so there's literally zero traffic to contend with), I almost never EOC, as I prefer to do it where I'm comfortable.

[Will]

1997 Geo Metro 1.0L 5sp. best 52.29. I don't really use EOC. I may as I get into this more, but I am pretty new at this game.

[MizuPsi]

2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo. 4.0L I6; 4sp Auto w/ overdrive. Stock.

19 mpg without EOC
24.4 mpg with EOC (so far... relying on my instrumentation for the numbers on this tank so far.)

When I drove the 19mpg tank, I drove as conservatively as I could.
With the 24.4 mpg tank, all I'm really doing is EOC P&G.