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Old 05-10-2018, 12:35 PM   #28 (permalink)
19bonestock88
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Yeah there are some steep grades on I-64 lol... you passed through about 80mi south of me lol... I’m near US-33...

Best thing I found for the freeway, is to avoid the cruise control and be at the bottom of the hill faster than your target speed, slowly ramp up throttle until right before it kicks down, and hold that until you’ve either crested the hill or you drop slow enough to wanna accelerate... in my Malibu I cruised at 75-80 and would hold overdrive down to 62 before forcing the downshift... brought my highway mileage from about 35 indicated to around 38
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