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Old 02-17-2011, 09:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
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89 Toyota Tercel

So I've become interested in the topic of Hypermiling. I'd like to get into it and I have read extensively about it. Now I've read there are some things you need to know about your car before you are able to do it. One of my issues is that I'm unable to find out if my vehicle can be flat towed, and does shifting to neutral with my automatic transmission actually cause extensive wear?

I haven't been able to find much literature on hypermiling with a 89 Toyota Tercel automatic w/ Carb'd engine. Is it able to be flat towed?

I would like to try pulse and glide, or using neutral to coast to stop signs and etc but will shifting to neutral with my automatic transmission cause me more problems than it is worth in gas savings? I know I can't do hypermiling as extensively as if it were a standard being able to kill the engine with a kill switch and popping the clutch to get it started off momentum again along with a proper neutral.

Mainly my question is... Is it safe to pulse & glide (not entirely, but pulse to speed then put into neutral) with my 89 automatic Toyota tercel w/ carb

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