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Originally Posted by slowmover
How to accelerate is too small a detail to matter, at the beginning.
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Very true. I did some comparative testing and found that "normal" vs "drive like a grandma" acceleration made almost no difference to gas mileage. So I accelerate at about 3/4 throttle, shift at 2500 RPM, and keep up with traffic.
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06 Canyon: The vacuum gauge plus wheel covers helped increase summer 2015 mileage to 38.5 MPG, while summer 2016 mileage was 38.6 MPG without the wheel covers. Drove 33,021 miles 2016-2018 at 35.00 MPG.
22 Maverick: Summer 2022 burned 62.74 gallons in 3145.1 miles for 50.1 MPG. Winter 2023-2024 - 2416.7 miles, 58.66 gallons for 41 MPG.
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