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Flakbadger · 05-09-2013, 05:19 AM

There's this really awesome down-slope on I-5, on my way to my girlfriend's house (until we both move next month and I don't have to drive to see her :P ).
If you turn off the engine on the crest at 55, you can coast it through ~68ish, slowing to ~47, and continuing down the remainder at 51-52, for a grand total of 1.8 miles with the engine off.

It's really REALLY hard to do this with other traffic, lots of lane switching to pass people on the fast parts, and getting back over for the slow ones. It's also a bit nerve-wracking to break the speed limit by close to 15. Generally speaking, I end up bump-starting a couple times to keep closer to 55MPH on the low end and keeping in gear to slow me on the fast parts...
But yesterday I did the whole shebang. Took my trip from 43 to 52.

05-09-2013, 05:19 AM	#6 (permalink)
Flakbadger Always Too Busy Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 566 White Lightning - '17 Nissan Leaf SV Team Leaf 90 day: 159.47 mpg (US) Thanks: 405 Thanked 190 Times in 134 Posts	There's this really awesome down-slope on I-5, on my way to my girlfriend's house (until we both move next month and I don't have to drive to see her :P ). If you turn off the engine on the crest at 55, you can coast it through ~68ish, slowing to ~47, and continuing down the remainder at 51-52, for a grand total of 1.8 miles with the engine off. It's really REALLY hard to do this with other traffic, lots of lane switching to pass people on the fast parts, and getting back over for the slow ones. It's also a bit nerve-wracking to break the speed limit by close to 15. Generally speaking, I end up bump-starting a couple times to keep closer to 55MPH on the low end and keeping in gear to slow me on the fast parts... But yesterday I did the whole shebang. Took my trip from 43 to 52. __________________ Nissan Leaf driver? Join me in Team Leaf and feel smugly superior about our MPGe Current Car: White Lightning ---------------------------------------------- Retired Car: Betty White Last edited by Flakbadger; 05-09-2013 at 05:24 AM..