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Old 11-09-2015, 02:49 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie View Post
Terrain dictates in my area.

Pulse up the hills, glide down
Terrain is also important for me. Where I live it is undulating; not flat but few big hills.
I usually do the opposite to you. I try to pulse down the hills and glide up. My logic is that I use the engine where I get maximum acceleration for any given fuel usage, and I don't use the engine when it would have to battle against the terrain. Of course, many times I cannot glide all the way up a slope and I do have to use the engine going up hill, but my aim is to avoid that.

I don't have any data to show that my approach is better than yours, just my gut feeling. Can you convince me that I am wrong?
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