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Originally Posted by 99metro
Acceleration should be just before open loop on fuel injected engines, which is somewhere around 70-80% throttle. Here's the catch though: If you are driving stoplight to stoplight, then slow acceleration is best. If you are driving in rural areas, you should use that 70-80% throttle as long as you have more than 3 miles between stops.
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Faster acceleration isn't a problem, as long as you follow it with an efficient glide. If you're accelerating to a too-high speed and have to brake for the next stop, that's extra speed you didn't need and you wasted the extra gas.
I do all my accelerations at about 80%. I don't have a single clear three-mile stretch on my commute. There really is more magic in the glide than in the pulse.