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Old 11-10-2008, 03:09 PM   #23 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by greentea View Post
Also, does braking itself decrease FE? I read on one of these websites that you could circle around a parking lot to bleed off extra momentum instead of just braking but that sounds ridiculous to me.
They do that to get a higher "score". Since it does not actually save fuel over a trip, I consider it cheating.
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