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Old 04-11-2013, 12:35 AM   #167 (permalink)
alvaro84
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Teresa - '04 BMW F650CS
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90 day: 80.53 mpg (US)

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When I coast in neutral I still have power steering. I don't understand that one comment.
I think it was about coasting in neutral, with the engine off, which really takes power steering/brakes away. Though you should be able to brake a few times before it stops working.

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My instantaneous mpg goes to --- if I coast in neutral without my foot on the clutch and also when I'm coating in gear with my foot off the clutch. But in gear, the car clearly doesn't coast as freely. I can feel the car held back.
It seems that the FCD isn't too accurate then. Like in my instructor's car, a Suzuki Swift. That one would never show numbers below 2.0l/100km, no matter what I did - if I tried to coast with the clutch ('soft neutral') or engine brake, it always showed the same 2.0 regardless the speed (=117.6 US mpg), which is impossible.

But my Yaris' FCD clearly shows the difference between coasting and DFCO.

I still owe you an experiment with Teresa, opening the throttle while engine braking with the kill switch off. This is an interesting one.
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