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Old 01-25-2012, 05:10 PM   #22 (permalink)
ConnClark
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
I have the perfect hill. A mile and a quarter or more, no lights, no stops. Right next to campus. I'll mark a spot. Record speed at a specific second spot. A "coast-up" test. I'll do that first, being the less costly option in terms of time and gas.
For accuracy it would be best to start from a dead stop and coast to a dead stop and look at the distance. Do maybe 3 test for each configuration.
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