Well, I've gotten a tune-up on the car (nothing real major, new plugs and wires [gapped correctly], and a new air filter). I'm still waiting to do an oil change and a rotation.
I look as far ahead as possible while still looking directly in front of me. I anticipate the lights, as they're pretty easy to know around here. Traffic at times can suck, but it's not too bad if you know the area.
I tried EOC'ing today, and once I turned my car back on I had absolutely no first gear and no overdrive, so I was stuck in third at 3k RPMs on the way home. That probably blew my tank, but... As soon as I power-cycled the car (turned it all the way off and all the way on), first and OD came back. I'm not sure if that's a side-effect of the EOC attempt itself, or if the car is just getting too old for that.
Thanks for all the tips so far, I'm enjoying them.
Did have one question, however. When you're going up a hill, is it better to go up it with minimal RPMs, or "attack" it at moderate RPMs? We have a few long hills that you can get away doing between 40 and 45 at around 1.9k RPMs. Would it be better to go slightly above the speed limit and hit them at 50 at 2.4k RPMs just to make it over the hill faster? Probably a stupid question, but might as well ask
