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LeanBurninating · 05-11-2009, 09:45 PM

thanks!

A little ranting, if you care to read-

I tried a bit of pulse and glide today. Not so good... haha. Maybe I just suck at it, but on my commute, the way it works on the freeways is like this: most of the people get onto the freeway and get into the left most lanes and get on their phones or just go onto auto pilot. They don't know how to maintain their speed on inclines, sometimes hit their brakes for no reason, and follow each other closely (mainly because its so congested) which ends up in more unnecessary braking. 75 mph is not fast enough for the real left lane drivers, so those people go dicing it up in the far right hand lanes, where they find me: something that is not a semi truck going 60mph. That makes me a public enemy! Even if I am following a semi, its just not okay that I am going that slow.

I need a big sign that says "go around" or "use your brain"

so in conclusion, during the regular times that I am on the freeway, its not really safe to go slower than 60mph... so I don't think pulse and glide will work well.

05-11-2009, 09:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
LeanBurninating EcoModding Punk Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 131 Honduh Power - '98 Honda Civic HX 90 day: 44.37 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	thanks! A little ranting, if you care to read- I tried a bit of pulse and glide today. Not so good... haha. Maybe I just suck at it, but on my commute, the way it works on the freeways is like this: most of the people get onto the freeway and get into the left most lanes and get on their phones or just go onto auto pilot. They don't know how to maintain their speed on inclines, sometimes hit their brakes for no reason, and follow each other closely (mainly because its so congested) which ends up in more unnecessary braking. 75 mph is not fast enough for the real left lane drivers, so those people go dicing it up in the far right hand lanes, where they find me: something that is not a semi truck going 60mph. That makes me a public enemy! Even if I am following a semi, its just not okay that I am going that slow. I need a big sign that says "go around" or "use your brain" so in conclusion, during the regular times that I am on the freeway, its not really safe to go slower than 60mph... so I don't think pulse and glide will work well.