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Originally Posted by CommodAnt
I've spent some time living in the mountains and fuel economy was shocking (which is the opposite of what I expected). Having said that, they were significant inclines and declines.
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What did you expect, and how do you believe some environmental conditions affected the fuel economy in the mountains?
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you want to get inclines that are optimally steep, with declines that are just about right to keep you from needing to apply the brakes
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I noticed it in my neighborhood, while walking the dog. Most of the streets are one-way, and even though most of the uphill ones were already very steep, the downhill ones tended to be a little steeper.