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Old 01-16-2008, 09:07 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Metroschults,

I hadn't thought about it but I have always used some hypermiler techniques.
I will lift throttle and take the transmission out of gear and coast to a red light but, I have always done that. A couple years ago I started driving slower to try and get better gas mileage and have improved my average from 27mpg to a whopping 31mpg without making any changes to the car.

However, I don't use the cruise control (stopped working anyway) because I grew up with cars that didn't have that feature. And pulse and glide seems to me to be very annoying to other drivers (I try to be considerate of others).
I will keep reading and maybe find driving techniques that I will find comfortable or can adapt for my own use.
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