Thread: engine load vs hills on more powerful cars
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Old 11-14-2014, 08:06 PM   #9 (permalink)
Mustang Dave
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In my Mustang and my F-250 I just set the cruise control at the speed limit, unless the speed limit is over 65MPH.... Then cruise control is set at 65 MPH. I'm OK with the results. 40+ "% over EPA combined" is better than the average "nut behind the steering wheel" can claim.
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The presence of traffic is the single most complicating factor of hypermiling. I know what I'm going to do, it's contending with whatever the hell all these other people are going to do that makes things hard.
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