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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Congrats on the improvement, Buxton.
That's likely the biggest help, for sure. Driving without brakes, some call it. Forces you to only feed the engine as much fuel as is needed to get to the next deceleration, and anticipate conditions much more than the average driver.
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I agree man, it makes me think twice about pushing the pedal, since I have to change gear. I usually wait another second to see how it pans out and often I can keep rolling
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i know that rolling to a stop in neutral can let the car roll a long way (or in your case a lonnnnnnng way hahaha ), but if you leave it in a higher gear (lower when the car isnt as warmed up), it actually cuts the pusles to the injectors, and therefore ur not using any gas, but the trans/eng is slowing the car down alot more...
have you tried to use smart braking at all for the lights that are on your route?
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I'm going to try both and see which is better. My parent's taught me to use engine braking (apparently when they learnt to drive car's brakes were so bad you had to aha).
For the smart braking thing - I only come up to two traffic light sets on my route (it's mostly roundabouts and slip roads). On one set you can't coast or slow down since you have to keep you speed up, because it's crazy four-lane merge and a blind traffic light. But I have learnt to coast up to roundabouts and only brake at the last minute if it's necessary.
One thing I've found is I can really break up traffic jams. By stopping the stop and start by travelling at a constant lower speed I can keep the lane moving, it's awesome!