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Old 11-11-2015, 01:28 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie View Post
And letting the downhill carry you for free helps, too.

Burning gas to force the car downhill, which gravity is already doing for free, isn't very economical.
It seems to be one of those things where you can argue it either way. The only way to be sure is to test it. I don't have a scan gauge but I can get some idea from the standard instrumentation on the car. I'll check it on some trips in the next few weeks and see what I find out.

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