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Old 08-25-2009, 12:26 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Julian Edgar View Post
Fair enough. But I am reluctant to recommend driving in a way that is illegal for most of my readers.
That's completely understandable.

But re-defining an established driving term to avoid advocating something that happens to be illegal where you live will only cause confusion to your readers who Google the term and/or encounter it elsewhere. I maintain it's not gliding! It's "pulse and fuel cut". (/end of rant against revisionism.)

(FYI, where I live there is no law prohibiting gliding/neutral coasting... but that's beside my point.)

One other thing I'd liked to have seen - as Old Tele Man menioned - was comprehensive details of the test where the 15% improvement in fuel economy was found.

Darin
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