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Old 08-21-2011, 12:56 PM   #336 (permalink)
hackish
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
There's no obligation to do so.
There is also no obligation to further research in which of the posted methods are false and which are trading off tons of NOX/CO/HC polution for a litre or two of fuel.

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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
The beneficial effect of smoothing music has been proven in case studies even before the internet went mainstream.

That'd be great, even better if it was done really independently.
Can you link to any published material that relates music to fuel consumption among hypermilers?

Also, given the complexity of engine management systems, techniques that worked on 15 year old cars may not continue to work on modern ones. The OEMs do all sorts of neat things like additional EGR during cruise control, throttle smoothing (for gas pedal stabbers) and DBW throttle control for rundown.
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