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Old 07-06-2011, 08:40 PM   #3 (permalink)
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On the highway loosing that weight has a negligible effect. if you are doing a lot of stop and go and you are using your brakes a lot it likely helped a bit. If you are coasting down to a stop, or nearly so, most of the energy you invested in getting up to speed was turned into distance traveled when you slowed back down.
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