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Originally Posted by ps2fixer
I use to "drive smooth" around corners etc probably around 10mph. Now I try to keep moving a bit faster when possible 20-30mph depending on traffic, corner, etc.
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When keeping up the momentum, you don't need to accelerate again.
That's where the benefit is.
Coasting up to these corners also help - see where and at what speed you can start coasting to arrive at the corner with just the right speed to make it around it.
On the interstate / highway, I've chosen a speed that I can keep driving at, even in the turns where different roads join up.
SO I get both the benefit from driving slower, and from not accelerating.
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Another thing I have noticed helps is to let off slightly on small hills and loose a little speed and gain it back on the backside of the hill.
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Yup, sure works.
You're trading in kinetic energy (speed) for potential energy (height) and swap back when going downhill.
I should go back to killing the CC when going uphill (or small inclines / overpasses rather than hills around here).
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One more thing, following larger trucks at a safe distance seems to be a benefit
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It definitely is, but there's some debate about what distance is still safe.
The safer / further you are, the lesser the benefit.