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Originally Posted by VegasDude
The truth is even tho I take my foot completely off the gas, the revs usually go up close to 2k when I push in the clutch to shift. The only way to keep this from happening is to take my foot off the gas for ~3 seconds before shifting, not usually practical.
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Strange.
Tho I've always driven manuals, I've never experienced anything like that.
Unless I get off the throttle a tad too late, the revs start dropping instantly - I even keep a bit of throttle on when shifting up to counter that drop.
But then, I've never really explored the low-revving territories before
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Yes, even 18 mph into 5th is no problem
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I'm amazed !
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but at that speed I'm only idling around the neighborhood.
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Your comment and PaleMelanesian's link have triggered me to re-try the near-idling trick again in a 20mph (actually 18.6 mph here
) zone, but in 3rd and on cruise control this time.
Amazingly, I got 58 mpg going 20mph in 3rd around idling rpm !
Thanks guys !
I used to be happy with anything slightly better than 32 mpg in 2nd using CC
Controlling the throttle myself, anything better than 25 mpg used to be fine - hence 20 mph zones were killing my overal FE.
Now, if this works at 20mph in 3rd, there's no reason why it won't work @ 30mph in 4th (rather than 3rd), maybe even @ 45mph in 5th (instead of 4th).
More experimentation coming up
