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Old 04-18-2010, 02:59 PM   #18 (permalink)
orange4boy
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The Golden Egg - '93 Toyota Previa DX
90 day: 31.91 mpg (US)

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My experience is that my hypermiling generally saves gas for everyone around me. Even on two lane roads I usually end up with a few cars behind me all driving slower, happy to be paced by whoever is in front. On one lane roads I usually drive the limit so I'm saving the followers gas there too. There is the odd situation where the odd jacka** floors it and passes me but that was his decision.

Shadetree,
Sounds like you are a perfect candidate to install the TCC lockup switch so you can stay in lockup in 4th way down in the RPM range, speed and load. It's a game changer for automatics.
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