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Old 07-06-2008, 01:49 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Pulse & Glide on Hills

OKay i have a question concerning engine-ON pulse & glide on an automatic car going up and down small hills on a freeway....

should i pulse up the hill.. then glide down with my foot off the gas

or should i pulse down the hill (use the momentum + the added accelerator speed) and then glide up the next hill

these are small ups and downs on a freeway

any advice?


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Old 07-06-2008, 02:43 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Isn't that just the same thing backwards?

I mean you're going to have to go up and down hills. So if you pulse up and glide down, you're going to have to pulse again which ever way continues to make you move forward.
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Old 07-06-2008, 02:53 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Give it some gas down the hill to get up to your max. speed, then glide down to your min. speed. Glide up the hill if you can, but don't lose too much momentum -- pulse when you need to.
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