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I just tried to imagine the most un-Honda vehicle I could: Chevy Suburban.
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My Jeep makes all of it's torque at 3k and under, peaks at 3k and drops like a rock over 3200k. Redline at 5k.
I still don't see how flooring it up hill and coasting down saves the same amount of gas than coasting uphill and flooring down.
If I were on a bike, I would use less of my energy coasting up and using no energy, and then using gravity to help me use less energy going down. I still get back up to the speed required, and I can still engine brake once up to the right speed, saving even more energy.
But if I pedaled as hard as I could up the hill, and then coasted down, I'd use more energy, because not only did I push myself to the max, but I had to fight gravity as well, and coasting downhill did not net me the return of pushing myself up the hill.