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Old 06-09-2013, 09:44 PM   #14 (permalink)
D.O.G.
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Location: New South Wales, Australia
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Metric - '94 Honda Magna 250
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90 day: 69.83 mpg (US)

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90 day: 35.97 mpg (US)

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90 day: 39.84 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by arcosine View Post
Just put the car in gear, with the ignition off when you want to stop. It will make vacuum.
This works well.

I use a maintained ignition kill switch so that I can EOC and still use engine braking down long hills.
A welcome side effect of this is that it keeps the brake vacuum "topped up" for emergency use.
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