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Old 01-01-2012, 06:18 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
Climbing inclines at 130 kph rather than "eco"-speed (95-105 kph) also reduces fuel consumption in my car - the deal-killer is the acceleration of course.
At Vmax, the fuel consumption to go up comparable inclines hardly increased and was lower than while climbing at 105 kph, which tripled and quadrupled consumption to well beyond 12 L/100km.
I get better instrumentation averages at higher speeds, but better tank to tank if the speed is kept low.

Maybe its something to do with the sample / calculation rate ?
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