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Originally Posted by swineone
Also, I've got a lambda gauge (rich/lean) on my OBD-II app, and monitoring it as well as PID 03 appears to indicate that my car stays in closed-loop, lambda=1 mode even at WOT and high boost values of 0.7 or 0.8 bar. I've mostly tested this at low to mid RPMs, which is the range of interest to hypermilers anyway. From this it appears that fully flooring the car (at least at low RPMs) shouldn't harm fuel efficiency.
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A few years ago, I was driving a rental car in Finland. A Golf with the 1.2L TSI. When doing P&G, I noticed the instantaneous fuel consumption was the same at WOT and other high-load pedal positions. So I just floored it for the pulses! I can't say if it was the most efficient way, but it was fun and easy. This was all at lower RPM.