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Old 09-01-2009, 05:34 PM   #14 (permalink)
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I think hill mileage results depend largely on having a long uninterrupted runout. I got 59 mpg on my Scion (210% of EPA) over 165 miles in the mesa country on the Navajo Reservation. The long runouts going down the mesas gave me great mileage, and there was no traffic to contend with. Most of the time going down steep mountains, I end up stuck behind some slug who makes me bleed off all my momentum with my brakes. Steep long hills do allow me to get great mileage, as I DWL up them, and get my best mileage P&Ging massive miles on the way down. EOC just comes out even, with a slight loss, but P&G drags out the coasting miles and allows big mpg numbers.
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