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Indeed, the point of my little experiment was not to pinpoint the most mpg efficient load/mpg/gear ratio/other. The point was for me to "discover" how I should be accelerating up to (and maintaining) my cruising speed using the least amount of fuel. In the end, isn't that the goal: to use the least amount of fuel to traverse a certain distance?
My finding was that for my car, accelerating slowly up to 65mph and cruising for a short amount of time until I reached the one mile mark used LESS FUEL than accelerating quickly and then spending more time cruising at 65mph (until the one mile mark).
Now I concede that more experimentation could be done to determine the sweet-spot in the low acceleration range... maybe someday.
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