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Old 05-19-2011, 03:06 PM   #39 (permalink)
Fat Charlie
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Al the Third, year four - '13 Honda Fit Base
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I favor hard acceleration, but then I would- I just love stomping on it and making it go. Instant MPG suffers, but it's not too much lower than moderate acceleration and the distance spent at that lower MPG is a lot shorter than the distance spent at the almost as bad MPG of moderate acceleration- at least for my car.

It gives me a lot more distance in glide. It has the added benefit of catching back up to the truck I was drafting that pulled ahead of me on my long coast to the tollbooth. Even if it didn't work for me on its own then catching back up to the truck would make it work.
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Transmission type Efficiency
Manual neutral engine off.100% @MPG <----- Fun Fact.
Manual 1:1 gear ratio .......98%
CVT belt ............................88%
Automatic .........................86%

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