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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Neat. I'm surprised that, being a regular around here, you were able to be coached into even more savings.
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I lost interest when I realised it was a diesel megane..
Seriously though, always room for improvement!
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Then again, I suspect many of your colleagues had both (a) larger percent improvements, and (b) higher overall fuel consumption.
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my "before" mpg was above most of the colleagues "after" mpg
so yep, they saw higher %mpg improvements
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PS - what's block upshifting? Skipping a gear?
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correct
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And what were you doing that was preventing the engine stop/start system from activating?
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old car habits die hard- a conked out car at lights is the worst nightmare of the jalopy driver!
that, and the instructor asked me to leave it running on the first run- so he could introduce it into the 2nd (so at least some of the saving was "gamesmanship")
there's no hope for some folk
