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Originally Posted by euromodder
It's hardly possible to get decent numbers in normal driving, as you can't even start measuring from the spot where the coasting starts.
It'd have to be measured between a spot where one enters with X mph, and a place where one has to turn off at Y mph - that'd have to be reachable by coasting.
I started coasting shortly after joining ecomodder.
Coasting (even in neutral with the engine on) is what got me consistently below 5L/100km / over 47 mpg.
Up to then, I was avidly using engine braking, and only once in 5 years got below 5L/100km / over 47 mpg.
People are easily misled by the fact that their engine doesn't use gas when decelerating and letting of the gas pedal.
They don't realize they are also going to stop far, far sooner
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You have to be on the gas longer to reach a coast point too. You lose on both ends when you coast in gear.