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Old 07-13-2014, 05:53 PM   #36 (permalink)
jedi_sol
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Originally Posted by figit090 View Post
I won't hypermile for 50mpg if that costs me 10k less miles on my clutch, worn main bearings or a transmission rebuild to fix worn syncros, the cost to fix premature wear on otherwise durable parts would make hypermiling completely mute.
If you know how to rev-match, then you won't wear out your sychros and clutch any faster than normal driving.

I hypermiled my honda del sol for 180,000 with no transmission problems at all when i came around to selling it
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