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Old 09-01-2010, 10:12 AM   #4 (permalink)
RobertSmalls
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Originally Posted by comptiger5000 View Post
I make a point to stand on it in the beast any time I get on the highway for that exact reason. Long highway runs can help as well, particularly if you hold it down a gear and accelerate hard up a hill once in a while.
Aha, so that's the secret behind your 1.6% over EPA. I wondered how you managed that mileage.

Seriously, full throttle acceleration will put even a Metro into single-digit FE, and fuel injected vehicles can go for tens of thousands of miles with no significant carbon buildup. Save it for those rare occasions when you need to merge from a stop in a construction zone.
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