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Originally Posted by jayliu1984
Guys guys, by no means I am really that desperate about saving some money. But why am I so concerned about this issue is that...
First of all, I want to find out if there IS a problem at all with the car. It has nothing to do with saving money, I just want a trouble free car.
I am sure most people here have the financial means to NOT hypermile, but I imagine many people are doing it for many other reasons. To me, since I drive AT, I want to occupy myself with Hypermilling techniques while drving so I don't get bored.
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Well if saving money is no object here, and you really want to find out if there is any problem with the car, then take it to a mechanic. Explain the situation and have them do one of those 100 point inspections or whatever it is, and end your worries of a faulty car there.
I absolutely agree with you. Hypermiling/Ecomodding is way more fun than sportsy driving. What's the challenge in that? But with hypermiling, what could possibly me more challenging? If you're going to end up driving for many hours a week, might as well kill two birds with one stone and make it your hobby too.
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Of course the technique doesn't work as well with a conventional automatic transmission because you have torque converter losses, and you can't control RPM (and therefore load) as well as you can with a manual.
Low RPM/high load acceleration is half the reason why the "Pulse and Glide" technique returns astronomical fuel economy numbers with a manual transmission, when done right. Look that one up too.
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Metro, are you implying that P&G doesn't work with automatic transmissions? I know I've tried it before in an auto and never managed to get better numbers than steady speed driving, but I never saw anything (until now) implying it is a manual game only. Of course, if you're doing P&G with EOC, then its manual only.