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Old 02-10-2021, 07:54 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by elhigh View Post
Parts of the road where I could coast and gain speed, now I coast and lose speed.

You know you're an ecomodder/ecodriver when you have this kind of datapoint tucked away in your brain in the first place.


I remember being dumbfounded by the positive difference in coasting distance when I put worn out RE92's on the ForkenSwift for the first time. I coasted that car a LOT to maximize its otherwise very short range.


PS: elhigh - I know you don't post here a lot, but I have to say I enjoy reading your frequent takes on Nice Price / Crack Pipe / No Dice on Jalopnik. You're a good writer!
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