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Old 08-06-2008, 03:00 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Pizza Geo - '92 Geo Metro
Last 3: 47.52 mpg (US)

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90 day: 15.6 mpg (US)

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90 day: 35.65 mpg (US)

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90 day: 35.45 mpg (US)

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I've been trying a little pulse and gliding with my mom's '87 Tercel, and it is a little hesitant when shifting back into gears. I've found that the car when shifting goes 1, 2, 3 and then something else that feels like a shift and might be a lock-in-torque converter or something like that, but it reduces the rpms. Either way I find when shifting into gear from a glide, my car likes to go back to 3rd, and then a moment later it will "shift" to whatever it is that reduces the rpms further. Not really sure about my results with this technique yet but I would imagine it still works on a similar principle even if it's not 100% smooth.
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