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Acceleration and Gear Choice
Lets say you are driving in a flat road with the speed of 45mph. You wanna accelerate to 55 mph. Here are two different situtations.
A) You are already in 5th gear while cruising in 45. You accelerate to 55mph in 5th gear
B) You are already in 4th gear while cruising OR you are in 5th gear but you shift to 4th gear and accelerate to 55mph.
In which situtation you consume less fuel? After all when in 5th gear, you accelerate in lower rpm. So?
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