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Originally Posted by Xist
You linked the video, but not your site, which is weird.
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Hi the first 5 posts dont allow websites in this forum so I couldnt add the website sorry about that its I am only on post 4 - lol
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Originally Posted by Xist
I really think that you wanted to say "It reduces your fuel bill by ≥ 20%."
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In the lab test the Engineer wrote that driver behavior affects fuel consumption by up to 30% so it has potential to go to 30% but I dont want to claim any more than what I got from the Accredited Lab test but on my own vehicles I have managed to get 25%.
With regards to speeding the vehicle in the video is in km/h and the speed limit in my country is 120 km/h so we were actually 10 km/h under the posted speed, the drivers in my country get upset if you hold them up, most of them cruise at 140 km/h + in order to have reasonable acceleration there are limits as to how slow you can set the final speed if set to say 80 km/h the acceleration is so slow you would have people hooting at you - you can however over ride the device by just pushing through the mechanism and accelerate at a reasonable pace and then lift off re arm and then cruise at 80km/h that would work but most of the savings are done during the acceleration component. Wind resistance is not linear so the slower you drive the better for sure but here I am surrounded by maniacs : )
Full throttle is hard to see in that video actually that accelerator in that vehicle is not a good example, but its a diesel on a petrol car its much more distinctive and more easily identified when giving an example. Just to be clear full throttle can be implemented at any time (unlike a block of wood) when you lift off completely the mechanism rearms its self automatically this is better illustrated on the home page of our website just press play on the photo. I have added the link to the lab test, the test center is a National Test Center used by Mercedes Benz and BMW for emissions testing. So I do have hard proof of the 20% claim. Its a fun thing to have on your car it does a lot more than just save fuel.