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Old 01-17-2012, 10:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ps2fixer View Post
My question would be then, If speeding up quickly is more effective than speeding up slowly (max mpg while running) wouldn't speeding up fast to your target speed, and continue at that speed and EOC when you need to slow down/turn? Maybe I'm just not understanding how P&G actually works
I forget who wrote the article, but the gist was that it is actually more fuel efficient to "briskly" get up to your desired speed than it is to slowly accelerate. As I remember, the testers chalked that up to the idea that driving in your highest gear is most efficient; however, after starting to do more research and reading more information on this site, I'm inclined to believe that their findings are partly the result of the increased efficiency at an increased load.
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