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RobertSmalls · 12-10-2009, 08:43 PM

For most cars, as long as you can hold top gear, constant speed is fine. One step better would be full throttle acceleration in top gear on the way up the hill, and engine off coasting on the way down.

12-10-2009, 08:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
RobertSmalls Left Lane Ecodriver Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA Posts: 2,257 Prius C - '12 Toyota Prius C Thanks: 79 Thanked 286 Times in 199 Posts	For most cars, as long as you can hold top gear, constant speed is fine. One step better would be full throttle acceleration in top gear on the way up the hill, and engine off coasting on the way down.