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Old 07-30-2011, 11:37 AM   #4 (permalink)
Fat Charlie
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Originally Posted by toc View Post
An Idling car wastes fuel. In fact, you are better off in gear going down hills, as your car will cut fuel, as it also will in gear and no throttle.
A motionless car idling wastes fuel. A car idling at cruising speed is awesome.
Braking wastes fuel. If you're in gear going down hills, you are braking.

I've got a poll question:
What would you rather be doing?
1. Having your engine constantly burning gas under load.
2. Being under load as little as possible and the rest of the time only burning enough gas to keep it turning over.
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Originally Posted by sheepdog44 View Post
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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