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We pulled off another meet today. We put my Scangauge in Vic's AT Jaguar, and did some comparison testing with Kris and me along as interested observers.

First, Vic drove a ~10 mile test loop with cruise control set at 35 mph to establish a baseline of 30.4 mpg.

Then he drove it using DWL, and turned in a 31.5 mpg run, beating cruise control. I was impressed with his engine's low 1500 rpm speed, and with his >30 mpg estimated Scangauge results. I guessed at a Scangauge calibration figure of 18%, but it correlated pretty well with the iFCD in his car.

Next came the test I was expecting to win, P&G from 25-40 mph. No such luck. The acceleration pulses drank enough fuel to show no advantage over DWL. We finished the loop at 30.7 mpg.

The final test was to combine the best of both - DWL and NICE-on coasting down the few hills. It didn't improve on DWL alone, coming in short of 31.5 mpg, but it answered some questions. Vic's Jaguar doesn't benefit much from NICE-on glides.

We all had dinner together, which gave us time to discuss mods, what car we would buy for maximum fuel economy, and other topics. It was a good meet. Thanks for dinner, Vic!