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Originally Posted by rajadaja
Has anyone tested different acceleration rates on hilly terrain? I live in an area with rolling hills and I try to minimize my acceleration while on inclines and accelerate harder on the tops and downsides on any hills. Hitting peak speeds (even above speed limit) in the valleys and allowing the car to slow a bit as I climb the hill - this seems to give me better mileage than cruise control
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P&G(/EOC) is the best way to treat hilly terrain. The gains are on the downhill. The only point of DWL, for example, is to avert downshifting in an auto. The end-game should always be minimizing total number of revolutions (barring WOT, lugging and braking).
If you never get into neutral it tends to be a wash (barring WOT, lugging and braking).
Conventional tranny Otto-cycle vehicles have only 2 efficient modes: brisk-acceleration (or up-hill) and neutral (EOC incrementally better than Glide [engine-on]).