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Originally Posted by ECONORAM
I'm almost afraid to ask how you manage this. With my full-size RAM, brakes are a necessity!
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1) Your RAM is an automatic, they're not as good on engine braking as manuals.
2) The sheer weight of your RAM means it'll carry more energy, meaning it'll be harder to shed the excess energy (though that's partly compensated by your RAMs higher drag).
Start coasting sooner if you still need the brakes.
3) basjoos might well be more committed to saving fuel , and be a more extreme hypermiler
102K miles on my brake pads so far, yet I've been known to brake hard.
(It's better to shed more speed early in the stopping game and relax when the road situation improves; rather than be relaxed about stopping and then stress out when the road situation takes a turn for worse. Nothing is as useless as wasted stopping distance. )