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Old 09-16-2016, 04:40 PM   #40 (permalink)
JRMichler
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Originally Posted by Andrewhans View Post
I have been doing around a 2200 shift point while accelerating with high load and letting off to get the trans to shift early and then I roll back into the throttle. It has been what "feels" like I'm acceleraring quickly but not wasting energy. How accurate that feeling is, I don't know.
That feeling is probably more accurate than you think. Especially since your acceleration technique sounds spot on.

There is a range of acceleration rates that all give close to the same gas mileage. If you accelerate in that range and move with traffic, you are doing about as well as can be expected.
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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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