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Christ · 07-13-2009, 10:51 PM

Rural hell. I stick with dirt roads pretty well when I know they're shorter than the main highways.

Most of my driving is on semi-city roads, some with untimed lights, others with pressure sensor lights, which suck if you're the first person to them.

I manage to drive without using my brakes for the most part, unless I have to come to a complete stop, and I drive an automatic most days. Hell, even towing my wife's new car home, I still managed to not use my brakes all that much, but I was being extremely cautious about speed to begin with, given the relative lack of safety involved with using my dad's truck to tow a nearly 5000# load which didn't have it's own braking system.

The brakes on the van squeak unless you really press on them, so I don't like using them anyway. I slow down by downshifting the automatic transmission. I can't verify my DWL skills, since I don't have a vacuum gauge or other instrumentation, but I always drive with as little pressure on the throttle as I can use to stay at the speed I want. I don't vary my speed except on uphill/downhill stints.

Pulse and glide hasn't worked for me, mostly because I don't have the proper instrumentation to identify my "sweet" spot, I presume.

07-13-2009, 10:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	Rural hell. I stick with dirt roads pretty well when I know they're shorter than the main highways. Most of my driving is on semi-city roads, some with untimed lights, others with pressure sensor lights, which suck if you're the first person to them. I manage to drive without using my brakes for the most part, unless I have to come to a complete stop, and I drive an automatic most days. Hell, even towing my wife's new car home, I still managed to not use my brakes all that much, but I was being extremely cautious about speed to begin with, given the relative lack of safety involved with using my dad's truck to tow a nearly 5000# load which didn't have it's own braking system. The brakes on the van squeak unless you really press on them, so I don't like using them anyway. I slow down by downshifting the automatic transmission. I can't verify my DWL skills, since I don't have a vacuum gauge or other instrumentation, but I always drive with as little pressure on the throttle as I can use to stay at the speed I want. I don't vary my speed except on uphill/downhill stints. Pulse and glide hasn't worked for me, mostly because I don't have the proper instrumentation to identify my "sweet" spot, I presume. __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"