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Old 08-23-2014, 04:56 PM   #39 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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Originally Posted by theaveng View Post
...the engine is idling and the wheels are freewheeling at 40, 50, or 60 miles an hour. (coasting) Reengaging the gear again causes clutch wear due to differing RPMs.
To be fair, that's not hypermiling you're describing. That's poor operation of a manual transmission. Hypermiling is very precise and practiced operation that's not any more harmful that ordinary careful driving if you do it correctly.

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Rev-matching FTW.
+1 ... The Revd. Frank Lee says it all in six words or less.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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