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Old 11-16-2012, 12:54 AM   #33 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by YeahPete View Post
I approach hills alot different than you guys. What I do is "coast down the hill" really slow and "POWER" over the next hill. I just floor it up the hills about 80% throttle and when I get to about 10mph over the speed limit I pop into nuetral and coast down and as far out until im going about 5 mph under the speed limit. Slower if no ones behind me.
Yeah, I don't think that would work on Donner Summit (I-80 over the Sierras west of Reno). LOL!!
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