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Old 02-04-2010, 11:25 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
Check the tire pressure -- and new OEM tires can be pretty janky. If you pump 'em up to close to the sidewall maximum, you should see an improvement in coasting. You might also have dragging drum brakes (or one of 'em), or the handbrake is not releasing properly. You might have an alignment issue.
The car is practically new (2 months old.) I'm not about to start disassembling everything on it.

1000 miles down and 99,000 to go... then we'll see if looser is better.
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