I came stupid close to 50 mpg yesterday, ended the trip at 48 mpg. Weather is warming up, so the 50% upper tape block came off. Things went pretty well for the first 90% of that trip. There was the usual traffic jam for a mile, and I was able to coast into it, putt around in high gears and minimize its impact on my mpg. The last few miles on the highway there was a ford transit connect that was keeping a good 5+ second following distance on me, and keeping other traffic back so I was able to do some engine on pulse and glide. After I got off the highway though, everything went wrong. red light after red light and bad acceleration decisions on my part kept the mileage from going up further. I saw as high as 49.5 mpg.
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Originally Posted by serialk11r
Meh, squishy pedal feel at the beginning I think isn't as big of a deal because if you're used to it, you'll just hit the pedal faster by instinct. Racers sometimes use anti-knockback springs (which do the opposite thing) so the pedal feel is consistent. If you like more bite, the best way to get that is a higher coefficient of friction pad.
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I have actually gotten used to it, so they will stay.