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Old 04-24-2014, 04:36 PM   #429 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by go_slow-save_dough View Post
Great list. I would love to add a few of my own:

1) Choose the hilliest route option. It seems counter intuitive, but I get much better mileage when I travel over big bridges and hills. During my daily commute I go slightly out of my way to get to the top of a big hill so I can roll several miles down hill EOC. Even major mountain passes help my mpg a bunch. It's the ultimate pulse/glide. Driving farther to get a higher mpg doesn't always save gas, but sometimes it does in a big way.
How odd. I find quite the opposite. I just came here to recommend taking the flattest route, particularly routes which follow rivers. Apart from anything else, hilly routes are longer by 1/cos(theta).
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