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Old 02-06-2010, 12:51 AM   #2 (permalink)
thatguitarguy
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Location: Leadville, CO
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Maroon Ballon - '98 Chrysler Town & Country LXI
90 day: 26.42 mpg (US)

MaEsTRO - '95 Geo Metro 5spd hatch, 3 cyl
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You can't start a car in drive because there is a switch in the trans or the linkage that prevents you from doing this. You can start the car, and immediately hit the accelerator even before you shift into drive, but this is abusive and not a good idea. The key to ecodriving is being smooth.

I do manually downshift to maintain fuel cutoff and don't think I'm causing any harm.
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