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Originally Posted by 19bonestock88
Two on the three hills in my commute are able to be taken in 5th gear, at between 80 and 100% throttle... the middle one, on my way to work, has a pretty impressive glide down the other side and for almost a mile further... if not for the curve at the bottom(that I can take at almost 65mph with bald tires on dry road) I could coast all the way to the third hill... the hill closest to home has hairpin curves near the bottom and partway up that can’t be taken much above 30mph, and the car struggles to hold it in 5th gear(~1200 RPM)... the issue with that particular hill is the low average speed it forces and that there’s no practical way to get back the energy it takes to climb it
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Makes sense.
Those WV hills are killers. I went through there last month on my way to a college visit, and the hills were crazy.
Added extra incentive for ecomodding for when I drive down there myself this fall.
