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Mountain driving with Honda VX
We just got back from the mountains of Colorado. With no MPG reading devices, I'm wondering... I know that coasting in idle is a way to make maximum efficiency down hills, but when the hills are mountains, you have to stay in a gear to hold the car from going too fast, and not burning up your brakes.
My question: Coasting down a mountain in gear in a '92 VX - are you burning gas? Or is gas shut off to the injectors if no power is needed?
As it was, we got 47 MPG driving home to Kansas at 75 MPH with AC on a lot of the way. Sure need to add a MPG computer to know what it really is doing all the time.
Scott
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