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Bicycle Bob · 05-30-2009, 07:53 PM

it isn't the braking per se, it is shifting into those lower gears, especially with a conservative blip on the gas.

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Bicycle Bob EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: May 2008 Location: N. Saskatchewan, CA Posts: 1,805 Appliance White - '93 Geo Metro 4-Dr. Auto Last 3: 42.35 mpg (US) Stealth RV - '91 Chevy Sprint Base Thanks: 91 Thanked 459 Times in 327 Posts	it isn't the braking per se, it is shifting into those lower gears, especially with a conservative blip on the gas.