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trebuchet03 · 02-19-2008, 12:47 PM

Option 4: Maintain constant throttle up and down hill - don't adjust for speed

For me, I've found optimal to be accelerating down hill and then pulling back on the throttle going up hill (to avoid going too slow in traffic). No use burning fuel against gravity AND wind

Let gravity win, and then use your weight to pull you back down... Gravity always wins :P

Of course, YMMV - hill size is a big factor in picking a method...

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trebuchet03 MechE Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,151 The Miata - '01 Mazda MX-5 Miata Thanks: 0 Thanked 21 Times in 18 Posts	Option 4: Maintain constant throttle up and down hill - don't adjust for speed For me, I've found optimal to be accelerating down hill and then pulling back on the throttle going up hill (to avoid going too slow in traffic). No use burning fuel against gravity AND wind Let gravity win, and then use your weight to pull you back down... Gravity always wins :P Of course, YMMV - hill size is a big factor in picking a method... __________________ Cars have not created a new problem. They merely made more urgent the necessity to solve existing ones.