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Originally Posted by Stubby79
If not then consider tricking it with sensor mods.
Of course you can start by pumping your tires to their limit as per what's stamped on the sidewall. And make sure your alignment is good; both will reduce rolling resistance.
I'd think hills could be good for MPG...you get to run WOT up the hill, or close, where you engine is most efficient, and then you get to coast down the other side. Pulse and glide at it's fullest...?
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Sensor mods? What kinds of mods would those be? There's only one guy here that does Dynos and he's backed up for months. As for tires and alignment, already on top of that.
The hills are weird - they're windy and uneven. They're more like plateaus than hills. You'll have a 900 foot incline at 55 mph speed limit with an incline that makes it hard to reach 55 in a reasonable time span in 3rd gear, and then at the top, got a mile of residencies that have their own little hills here and there, and then on the other side, it'll kinda be stepped back down - little hill, flat. Little hill, flat.
And since there's a literal mountain in the middle of our town, it's not always economical to go back down the steep way - I have 31 different restaurants I have to pick up from that all are on all sides of the damned thing. I might pick up on the north side going to the south side, which is accessible from middle and west, but then have to go to another pick up on the west side, which taking the steep hill back into town would mean I'd have to go to downtown, through downtown, out west, curve around the mountain and pick up - I'd actually waste more gas than I'd save. It's a pain, to be perfectly honest.