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UltArc · 05-10-2013, 11:11 PM

I skip shift. When I am at 6k rpms in first, and I am trying to get to sixth, I am not going to bounce 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th. Nope.

I spend as much time as I can EOC within 5mph of the speed limit, almost always down hill, but I try not to use my starter. I use a kill switch. It really is fantastic.

I hear risk about EOC, but I do not get it. There is nothing I can not do while EOCing that I can do with the engine on. Also, I often keep it "in gear" but engine off, clutch in-so when I pull my foot off, power is instantly back.

05-10-2013, 11:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
UltArc Hydrogen > EV Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: NW Ohio, United States Posts: 2,025 Silver Flea - '05 Honda Insight 90 day: 58.96 mpg (US) Thanks: 994 Thanked 402 Times in 285 Posts	I skip shift. When I am at 6k rpms in first, and I am trying to get to sixth, I am not going to bounce 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th. Nope. I spend as much time as I can EOC within 5mph of the speed limit, almost always down hill, but I try not to use my starter. I use a kill switch. It really is fantastic. I hear risk about EOC, but I do not get it. There is nothing I can not do while EOCing that I can do with the engine on. Also, I often keep it "in gear" but engine off, clutch in-so when I pull my foot off, power is instantly back. __________________ Best Tanks: Mustang - 54.83 mpg (US) at the Green Grand Prix Insight - 82.91966 mpg (US) over 818.5 miles.