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If you did a 50 mpg tank with EOC using the above numbers and coasted 100 miles of 500 miles (very easy to do if not a freeway commute) you save .3 gallons
10 gallons by 500 miles is 50mpg
if you did not EOC but neutral engine on coast instead.
10.3 gallons by 500 miles is 48.5mpg or worth 3% Definitely worth it in my book.
If you can coast more than that (I have had tanks with over 1/3 of my miles EOC) which has worked out to 200 miles EOC.
Much more likely average speed for EOC is 30mph which means .0066 gallons saved per mile. so at that you coast 150 miles to save a gallon.
11 gallons to go 500 miles is 45.5 mpg or a ~ 10% less than EOC
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Last edited by bestclimb; 04-09-2011 at 11:24 AM..
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