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Old 11-20-2017, 01:33 PM   #9 (permalink)
Ecky
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I'm not sure your shifting is hurting you that much. Yeah, maybe you can get marginal gains by shifting a little lower, but tbh your biggest gains on the highway are going to be from slowing down, and your biggest gains in the city will be from conserving momentum, and shutting the engine off when you don't need it.

Slowing down from 65 to 55mph improves my fuel economy from 75-80mpg to 95-110mpg.
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