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With my manual Forester I like to accelerate at about 3/4 throttle and shift at 2500 rpm until I get in 5th and then just finish accelerating at 3/4 throttle until at desired speed. With my Town and Country and automatic, I use the "economy" button on and hold about 3/4 throttle which seems to let it naturally shift at 2500-3000 rpm. Without that "economy" button which most drivers seem to hate, it lets the van rev higher and use it's almost 300 hp which is great for drag racing but bad for economy. On my Hemi Aspen, any throttle and the thing accelerates fast. My key there is to get to the speed and back off the throttle so it will go into 4 cylinder deactivation mode faster. Then it's key to hold acceleration slow enough not to kick it into 8 cylinder mode which I wish it were possible to lock in 4 cylinder mode. In all cases I seem to accelerate with most traffic, faster then some, slower then others.
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